Calibration and performance of the infrared array camera (IRAC)

Hora, Joseph L. and Fazio, Giovanni G. and Willner, Steven P. and Ashby, Michael L. N. and Huang, Jiasheng and Megeath, S. Thomas and Stauffer, John and Tollestrup, Eric V. and Wang, Zhong and Glaccum, William and Pipher, Judith L. and Forrest, William J. and McCreight, Craig R. and McKelvey, Mark and Hoffmann, William F. and Eisenhardt, Peter and Surace, Jason A. and Reach, William and Moseley, S. Harvey and Arendt, Richard and Stewart, Kenneth P. and Robinson, F. David (2000) Calibration and performance of the infrared array camera (IRAC). In: Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing VIII. Proceedings of SPIE. No.4131. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) , Bellingham, WA, pp. 13-25. ISBN 9780819437761. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20181204-132725003

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Abstract

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is one of three focal plane instruments in the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF). IRAC is a four-channel camera that obtains simultaneous images at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8 microns. Two adjacent 5.12 X 5.12 arcmin fields of view in the SIRTF focal plane are viewed by the four channels in pairs (3.6 and 5.8 microns; 4.5 and 8 microns). All four detectors arrays in the camera are 256 X 256 pixels in size, with the two shorter wavelength channels using InSb and the two longer wavelength channels using Si:As IBC detectors. We describe here the results of the instrument functionality and calibration tests completed at Goddard Space Flight Center, and provide estimates of the in-flight sensitivity and performance of IRAC in SIRTF.

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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406553	DOI	Article

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Author	ORCID
Hora, Joseph L.	0000-0002-5599-4650
Fazio, Giovanni G.	0000-0002-0670-0708
Ashby, Michael L. N.	0000-0002-3993-0745
Megeath, S. Thomas	0000-0001-7629-3573
Stauffer, John	0000-0003-3595-7382
Surace, Jason A.	0000-0001-7291-0087
Reach, William	0000-0001-8362-4094
Arendt, Richard	0000-0001-8403-8548

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© 2000 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). We acknowledge funding from NASA Office of Space Science for the work performed at the CfA and GSFC. We thank the Integration and Test group at GSFC for their excellent support of the IRAC testing program, including Ray Jungo, Ed Lander, Jim Golder, Juli Lander, Maureen Armbruster, Frank Carroll, Marty Brown, Michael Alexander, Ayman Mekhail, and Jim MacLeod.

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Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)

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NASA	UNSPECIFIED

Subject Keywords:

infrared astronomy, infrared arrays, calibration, SIRTF, IRAC

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Proceedings of SPIE

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4131

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10.1117/12.406553

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CaltechAUTHORS:20181204-132725003

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Joseph L. Hora, Giovanni G. Fazio, Steven P. Willner, Michael L. N. Ashby, Jiasheng Huang, S. Thomas Megeath, John R. Stauffer, Eric V. Tollestrup, Zhong Wang, William J. Glaccum, Judith L. Pipher, William J. Forrest, Craig R. McCreight, Mark E. McKelvey, William F. Hoffman, Peter Eisenhardt, Jason A. Surace, William T. Reach, Samuel Harvey Moseley, Richard G. Arendt, Kenneth P. Stewart, F. David Robinson, "Calibration and performance of the infrared array camera (IRAC)," Proc. SPIE 4131, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing VIII, (16 November 2000); doi: 10.1117/12.406553; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406553

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