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Infrared Survey Facility

(IRSF)
(140-cm reflector telescope that images in infrared)

The Infrared Survey Facility (IRSF) is a 140-centimeter telescope at the Sutherland Observing Station of the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), that images at three infrared wavelengths (essentially the JHK passbands). It was originally developed for the Magellanic Clouds Survey, and has also contributed to the Two Micron All-sky Survey (2MASS).


(telescope,reflector,infrared,ground,South Africa)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Astronomical_Observatory#Infrared_Survey_Facility_(IRSF)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AfrSk..16...98N/abstract
http://www-ir.u.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~irsf/index_e.html
http://svo2.cab.inta-csic.es/svo/theory/fps3/index.php?mode=browse&gname=IRSF&asttype=
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy
  
1.1μm273THz1.2eVbeginInfrared Survey Facility
2.4μm125THz517meVendInfrared Survey Facility

Referenced by page:
South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)

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