WISE 3-band cryogenic survey
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The WISE 3-band cryogenic survey was a phase of NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission that mapped the sky in three infrared bands while the spacecraft’s cryogen was still available, providing key data for later all-sky infrared catalogs.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical sky survey
ⓘ
infrared survey ⓘ |
| bandDesignation |
W1
ⓘ
W2 ⓘ W3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataArchive | NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataFormat | FITS ⓘ |
| dataProduct |
all-sky infrared catalog
ⓘ
image atlas ⓘ source catalogs ⓘ |
| enables |
cross-matching with optical and radio surveys
ⓘ
infrared color selection of astronomical sources ⓘ |
| missionAgency | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionCenter | NASA Ames Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionName | WISE 3-band cryogenic survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfBands | 3 ⓘ |
| observes |
asteroids
ⓘ
brown dwarfs ⓘ comets ⓘ galaxies ⓘ stars ⓘ |
| observingBand | infrared ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfPhase | WISE cryogenic mission phase ⓘ |
| purpose |
map the sky in three infrared bands
ⓘ
provide data for all-sky infrared catalogs ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
NEOWISE
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WISE 4-band cryogenic survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| skyCoverage | near all-sky ⓘ |
| spacecraftState | cryogenic phase ⓘ |
| surveyType | all-sky survey ⓘ |
| telescopeType | space telescope ⓘ |
| usedFor |
brown dwarf searches
ⓘ
extragalactic astronomy ⓘ solar system science ⓘ studies of galactic structure ⓘ |
| usesResource | cryogen ⓘ |
| usesSpacecraft | WISE spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wavelengthCoverage |
mid-infrared
ⓘ
near-infrared ⓘ |
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