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IRAS

(Infrared Astronomical Satellite)
(1983 satellite that surveyed the sky in infrared)

IRAS (for Infrared Astronomical Satellite) operated for most of 1983, surveying 250,000 infrared sources at 12, 25, 60, and 100 micrometers. Instruments:

Catalogs produced include:


(telescope,infrared,spacecraft,NASA,NIVR,SERC,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRAS
http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/Missions/iras.html
https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/iras/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/infrared-astronomical-satellite-iras
PrefixExample  
FSCFSC 10214+4724Faint Source Catalog
GLMPGLMP 160authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997A%26AS..126..479G/abstract
II19374short for "IRAS 19374+2359"
IRAS FIRAS F10016+5824or "IRASF10016+5824", FSC
IRASIRAS 16399-0937 
LILI-LMC 60"Leiden IRAS"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989A%26AS...79..105S/abstract
PSCPSC 09104+4109Point Source Catalog

Referenced by pages:
ALMA-PILS Survey
cosmic infrared background (CIB)
far infrared (FIR)
GOALS
IPAC
IRAS 13224-3809
proto-cluster
rare designator prefixes

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