AKARI warm mission

Takashi Onaka; Hideo Matsuhara; Takehiko Wada; Daisuke Ishihara; Yoshifusa Ita; Youichi Ohyama; Takafumi Ootsubo; Shinki Oyabu; Itsuki Sakon; Takashi Shimonishi; Satoshi Takita; Toshihiko Tanabè; Fumihiko Usui; Hiroshi Murakami

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AKARI warm mission

Takashi Onaka, Hideo Matsuhara, Takehiko Wada, Daisuke Ishihara, Yoshifusa Ita, Youichi Ohyama, Takafumi Ootsubo, Shinki Oyabu, Itsuki Sakon, Takashi Shimonishi, Satoshi Takita, Toshihiko Tanabè, Fumihiko Usui, Hiroshi Murakami

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Abstract

AKARI, the Japanese satellite mission dedicated for infrared astronomy launched in 2006 February, exhausted its 180 litter liquid helium (LHe) in 2007 August. After the LHe exhaustion, the telescope and focal plane of AKARI have still been kept less than 50K by the onboard cryocooler and near-infrared (NIR) observations with the Infrared Camera (IRC) are continuing. The data reduction software optimized for the warm mission enables us to carry out efficient and sensitive observations in the NIR despite the increase of hot pixels. In particular, the NIR spectroscopic capability of the IRC provides a unique opportunity to obtain spectra in 2.5-5μm with a high sensitivity, which will not be able to be carried out with any other facilities until JWST. An overview of the AKARI warm mission is given together with the performance and some observational results taken during the warm mission.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010
Subtitle of host publication	Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856568
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 2010 Jun 27 → 2010 Jul 2

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7731
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	10/6/27 → 10/7/2

Keywords

AKARI
Cooled telescope
Infrared satellite
Near-infrared observations
Spectroscopy
Warm mission

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Onaka, T., Matsuhara, H., Wada, T., Ishihara, D., Ita, Y., Ohyama, Y., Ootsubo, T., Oyabu, S., Sakon, I., Shimonishi, T., Takita, S., Tanabè, T., Usui, F., & Murakami, H. (2010). AKARI warm mission. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave Article 77310M (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7731). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856568

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Onaka, T, Matsuhara, H, Wada, T, Ishihara, D, Ita, Y, Ohyama, Y, Ootsubo, T, Oyabu, S, Sakon, I, Shimonishi, T, Takita, S, Tanabè, T, Usui, F & Murakami, H 2010, AKARI warm mission. in Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave., 77310M, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7731, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, San Diego, CA, United States, 10/6/27. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856568

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