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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. 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)
http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AfrSk..16...98N/abstract
http://www-ir.u.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~irsf/index_e.html
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy
  
1μm300THz1.3eVbeginInfrared Survey Facility
2.5μm120THz496meVendInfrared Survey Facility

Referenced by page:
South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)

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