Abstract
AKARI is the first Japanese astronomical infrared satellite mission orbiting around the Earth in a sun-synchronous polar orbit at the altitude of 700 km. One of the major observation programs of the AKARI is an all-sky survey in the mid- to far-infrared spectral regions with 6 photometric bands. The mid-infrared part of the AKARI All-Sky Survey was carried out with the Infrared Camera (IRC) at the 9 and 18 μm bands with the sensitivity of about 50 and 120 mJy (5σ per scan), respectively. The spatial resolution is about 9.4" at both bands. AKARI mid-infrared (MIR) all-sky survey substantially improves the MIR dataset of the IRAS survey of two decades ago and provides a significant database for studies of various fields of astronomy ranging from star-formation and debris disk systems to cosmology. This paper describes the current status of the data reduction and the characteristics of the AKARI MIR all-sky survey data.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008 |
Subtitle of host publication | Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2008 Dec 1 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter - Marseille, France Duration: 2008 Jun 23 → 2008 Jun 28 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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Volume | 7010 |
ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
Other
Other | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter |
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Country/Territory | France |
City | Marseille |
Period | 08/6/23 → 08/6/28 |
Keywords
- AKARI
- All-sky survey
- Mid-infrared
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering