| The following are some infrared instruments and facilities that will observe, are observing, or have recently observed solar system bodies. Let me know if you have more for the list, or if any info or links are inaccurate. Thanks !! !! |
| FACILITY | INSTRUMENT | WAVELENGTH COVERAGE | SPECTRAL RESOLUTION | SPATIAL QUANTIZATION | PIXEL SIZE | LINKS | |||
| Cassini | CIRS |
16.67 to 1000 µm (FP-1) 9.09 to 16.67 µm (FP-3) 7.16 to 9.09 µm (FP-4) |
0.5 cm-1 (R ~20-2800) to 20 cm-1 (R ~0.5-70) |
circular field of view (FP-1) 1x10 arrays (FP-3 & FP-4) |
3.9 mrad dia. (FP-1) 0.273 mrad squares (FP-3 & FP-4) | cursory | |||
| Cassini | VIMS |
0.35 to 1.07 µm (vis.) 0.85 to 5.1 µm (IR) |
96 channels (vis.) 256 channels (IR) | 64x64 array of "nominal system pixels" | 0.5 mrad system pixels (FOV 32 mrad) | cursory | |||
| Spitzer (SIRTF) | IRAC |
3.6 μm (3.2-4.9 μm band) 4.5 μm (4.0-5.0 μm band) 5.8 μm (5.0-6.4 μm band) 8.0 μm (6.5-9.3 μm band) | NA | 4 256x256 arrays | 1.2" (FOV ~5.2') | html | |||
| Spitzer (SIRTF) | IRS |
5.3-40 μm (low-res) 10-37 μm (high-res) |
R ~64-128 (low-res) R ~600 (high-res)
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2 slits @ 3.6x57" (5.2-14.5 µm, low-res) 2 slits @ 10.5x168" (14-38 µm, low-res)
1 slit 4.7x11.3" (9.9-19.6 µm, high-res) |
1.8" (5.2-14.5 µm, low-res) 5.1" (14-38 µm, low-res)
2.3" (9.9-19.6 µm, high-res) | general - html | |||
| Spitzer (SIRTF) | MIPS |
24 μm (imaging mode) 72 μm (imaging mode) 157 μm (imaging mode) 50-100 μm (spectral energy distribution mode) |
4.7 µm bandwidth (24 µm band) 19 µm bandwidth (72 µm band) 35 µm bandwidth (157 µm band) R ~15-25 (spectral mode) |
128x128 array (24 µm band) 32x32 array (72 µm band) 2x20 array (157 µm band) 32x24 array (spectral mode) |
2.6" (24 µm band) 5" or 9.8" (72 µm band) 16" (157 µm band) 10.1" (spectral mode) | general - html | |||
| HST | NICMOS | 0.8-2.5 µm (various filters) |
R ~200 (grisms in NIC3) | 3 256x256 arrays |
0.043" (NIC1, FOV 11") 0.075" (NIC2, FOV 19.2") 0.2" (NIC3, FOV 51.2") | general - html | |||
| HST | WFPC2 | 0.115-1.05 µm (various filters) | NA |
3 800x800 arrays (WFC) 1 800x800 array (PC) |
0.1" (WFC, FOV 3x80") 0.046" (PC, FOV 34") |
detailed - html
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| ISO | SWS |
2.38-45.2 µm (grating) 11.4-44.5 µm (interferometer) |
R ~1000-2000 (grating) R ~3e4 (interferometer) | NA |
14x20"+ (grating) 10x39"+ (interferometer) | detailed - html | |||
| ISO | LWS | 43-196.7 µm | R ~200 or R ~1e4 | NA | 1.65' diameter | detailed - html | |||
| Voyager | IRIS | 4-56 µm | 4.3 cm-1 (R ~50-500) | NA | variable | ||||