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Twenty years ago IRAS gave us what is still our best view of the mid  infrared sky.

Twenty years ago IRAS gave us what is still our best view of the mid  infrared sky. WISE will map the entire sky with resolution comparable to the few square degrees shown here, achieving 500 times better sensitivity than IRAS. WISE Sensitivity.

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Twenty years ago IRAS gave us what is still our best view of the mid  infrared sky.

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  1. Twenty years ago IRAS gave us what is still our best view of the midinfrared sky.

  2. WISE will map the entire sky with resolution comparable to the few square degrees shown here, achieving 500 times better sensitivity than IRAS.

  3. WISE Sensitivity

  4. WISE will be launched into a Sun-synchronous orbit in late 2009

  5. WISE will have an 11-second data-taking exposure cycle synchronized with the orbit to provide total sky coverage with overlap between orbits in 6 months following launch. There will be 8 or more exposures at each position over more than 99% of the sky.

  6. WISE will survey the sky in two near infrared channels: 3.3 and 4.7 μm

  7. WISE will survey the sky in two mid-infrared channels: 12 and 23 μm

  8. Galactic Science with WISE

  9. WISE will detect most of the Main Belt asteroids larger than 3 km, providing reliable thermal IR diameters for them.

  10. A simulated composite WISE image demonstrates how the motion of an asteroid will be easily detected Blue: 4.7 μm Green: 12 μm Red: 23 μm

  11. Known Stars within 25 light-years

  12. WISE Stars within 25 light-years

  13. WISE will find the coolest and closest stars to the Sun

  14. Extragalactic Science with WISE SDSS z = 6.3 Quasar Ultra-Luminous IR Galaxy (Lbol = 5 x 1013 L at z = 3) L* Galaxy at z=0.35

  15. 2MASS Large Scale Structure to z ~ 0.1 The WISE survey will reach to z ~ 0.5

  16. WISE will find the most luminous galaxies in the Universe:Ultra-luminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs)

  17. Battery Panel Magnetometer FEB Reaction Wheels S-Band Transceiver IMU RW Electronics Reaction Wheel SCA DEB MEB

  18. Payload Status • Engineering Unit electronics built and tested • Engineering Unit beam splitter built and tested

  19. Payload Status: Cryostat • All primary and secondary tank parts are fabricated. • Assembly underway Secondary Tank Primary Tank

  20. Focal Planes • 10242 HgCdTe Detector in Focal Plane Mount Assembly 10242 Si:As Detector Focal Plane Electronics Box Test Station

  21. Payload Status: Optics • All flight mirrors completed, alignment underway • Engineering model scanner fully tested, meets all requirements • See Schwalm et al Poster 164.03 for additional information

  22. The WISE End-to-End Optical System with Embedded Scanner

  23. The Optics Separate into Two Independent Modules: The Aft Optics & Fore-Optics The Aft Optics module includes the scanner, a fold-flat, and a five mirror imager design. It also supports the Beamsplitter Assembly. The Afocal Fore-Optics module includes a five-mirror imager plus a fold mirror. It attaches to the WISE cryostat, and supports the Aft Optics

  24. Aft Optics Module, Including Scanner

  25. The Aft Optics Fit-Check (Structure Not Yet Painted) Beamsplitters & focal plane mount here Scanner

  26. The Primary Mirror Mounted to the Fore-Optics Structure. (The Circular Ring Simulates the Cryostat Interface)

  27. Back View of the Afocal Telescope and Structure

  28. WISE End-to-End Optical System

  29. WISE Telescope Note: the M2 and M1 baffle cones were not installed at time of photo

  30. WISE Telescope

  31. WISE will use a scan mirror to stabilize the line-of-sight while the spacecraft scans the sky.

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