The infrared astronomical mission AKARI

Hiroshi Murakami; Hajime Baba; Peter Barthel; David L. Clements; Martin Cohen; Yasuo Doi; Keigo Enya; Elysandra Figueredo; Naofumi Fujishiro; Hideaki Fujiwara; Mikio Fujiwara; Pedro Garcia-Lario; Tomotsugu Goto; Sunao Hasegawa; Yasunori Hibi; Takanori Hirao; Norihisa Hiromoto; Seung Soo Hong; Koji Imai; Miho Ishigaki; Masateru Ishiguro; Daisuke Ishihara; Yoshifusa Ita; Woong Seob Jeong; Kyung Sook Jeong; Hidehiro Kaneda; Hirokazu Kataza; Mitsunobu Kawada; Toshihide Kawai; Akiko Kawamura; Martin F. Kessler; Do Kester; Tsuneo Kii; Dong Chan Kim; Woojung Kim; Hisato Kobayashi; Bon Chul Koo; Suk Minn Kwon; Hyung Mok Lee; Rosario Lorente; Sin'itirou Makiuti; Hideo Matsuhara; Toshio Matsumoto; Hiroshi Matsuo; Shuji Matsuura; Thomas G. Müller; Noriko Murakami; Hirohisa Nagata; Takao Nakagawa; Takahiro Naoi; Masanao Narita; Manabu Noda; Sang Hoon Oh; Akira Ohnishi; Youichi Ohyama; Yoko Okada; Haruyuki Okuda; Sebastian Oliver; Takashi Onaka; Takafumi Ootsubo; Shinki Oyabu; Soojong Pak; Yong Sun Park; Chris P. Pearson; Michael Rowan-Robinson; Toshinobu Saito; Itsuki Sakon; Alberto Salama; Shinji Sato; Richard S. Savage; Stephen Serjeant; Hiroshi Shibai; Mai Shirahata; Jungjoo Sohn; Toyoaki Suzuki; Toshinobu Takagi; Hidenori Takahashi; Toshihiko Tanabé; Tsutomu T. Takeuchi; Satoshi Takita; Matthew Thomson; Kazunori Uemizu; Munetaka Ueno; Fumihiko Usui; Eva Verdugo; Takehiko Wada; Lingyu Wang; Toyoki Watabe; Hidenori Watarai; Glenn J. White; Issei Yamamura; Chisato Yamauchi; Akiko Yasuda

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The infrared astronomical mission AKARI

Hiroshi Murakami, Hajime Baba, Peter Barthel, David L. Clements, Martin Cohen, Yasuo Doi, Keigo Enya, Elysandra Figueredo, Naofumi Fujishiro, Hideaki Fujiwara, Mikio Fujiwara, Pedro Garcia-Lario, Tomotsugu Goto, Sunao Hasegawa, Yasunori Hibi, Takanori Hirao, Norihisa Hiromoto, Seung Soo Hong, Koji Imai, Miho IshigakiMasateru Ishiguro, Daisuke Ishihara, Yoshifusa Ita, Woong Seob Jeong, Kyung Sook Jeong, Hidehiro Kaneda, Hirokazu Kataza, Mitsunobu Kawada, Toshihide Kawai, Akiko Kawamura, Martin F. Kessler, Do Kester, Tsuneo Kii, Dong Chan Kim, Woojung Kim, Hisato Kobayashi, Bon Chul Koo, Suk Minn Kwon, Hyung Mok Lee, Rosario Lorente, Sin'itirou Makiuti, Hideo Matsuhara, Toshio Matsumoto, Hiroshi Matsuo, Shuji Matsuura, Thomas G. Müller, Noriko Murakami, Hirohisa Nagata, Takao Nakagawa, Takahiro Naoi, Masanao Narita, Manabu Noda, Sang Hoon Oh, Akira Ohnishi, Youichi Ohyama, Yoko Okada, Haruyuki Okuda, Sebastian Oliver, Takashi Onaka, Takafumi Ootsubo, Shinki Oyabu, Soojong Pak, Yong Sun Park, Chris P. Pearson, Michael Rowan-Robinson, Toshinobu Saito, Itsuki Sakon, Alberto Salama, Shinji Sato, Richard S. Savage, Stephen Serjeant, Hiroshi Shibai, Mai Shirahata, Jungjoo Sohn, Toyoaki Suzuki, Toshinobu Takagi, Hidenori Takahashi, Toshihiko Tanabé, Tsutomu T. Takeuchi, Satoshi Takita, Matthew Thomson, Kazunori Uemizu, Munetaka Ueno, Fumihiko Usui, Eva Verdugo, Takehiko Wada, Lingyu Wang, Toyoki Watabe, Hidenori Watarai, Glenn J. White, Issei Yamamura, Chisato Yamauchi, Akiko Yasuda

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AKARI, the first Japanese satellite dedicated to infrared astronomy, was launched on 2006 February 21, and started observations in May of the same year. AKARI has a 68.5 cm cooled telescope, together with two focal-plane instruments, which survey the sky in six wavelength bands from mid- to far-infrared. The instruments also have a capability for imaging and spectroscopy in the wavelength range 2-180 μm in the pointed observation mode, occasionally inserted into a continuous survey operation. The in-orbit cryogen lifetime is expected to be one and a half years. The All-Sky Survey will cover more than 90% of the whole sky with a higher spatial resolution and a wider wavelength coverage than that of the previous IRAS all-sky survey. Point-source catalogues of the All-Sky Survey will be released to the astronomical community. Pointed observations will be used for deep surveys of selected sky areas and systematic observations of important astronomical targets. These will become an additional future heritage of this mission.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S369-S376
Journal	Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Volume	59
Issue number	SPEC. ISS. 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/59.sp2.s369
Publication status	Published - 2007

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Infrared: general
Space vehicles: instruments

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Murakami, H., Baba, H., Barthel, P., Clements, D. L., Cohen, M., Doi, Y., Enya, K., Figueredo, E., Fujishiro, N., Fujiwara, H., Fujiwara, M., Garcia-Lario, P., Goto, T., Hasegawa, S., Hibi, Y., Hirao, T., Hiromoto, N., Hong, S. S., Imai, K., ... Yasuda, A. (2007). The infrared astronomical mission AKARI. Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 59(SPEC. ISS. 2), S369-S376. https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/59.sp2.s369

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AU - Murakami, Hiroshi

AU - Baba, Hajime

AU - Barthel, Peter

AU - Clements, David L.

AU - Cohen, Martin

AU - Doi, Yasuo

AU - Enya, Keigo

AU - Figueredo, Elysandra

AU - Fujishiro, Naofumi

AU - Fujiwara, Hideaki

AU - Fujiwara, Mikio

AU - Garcia-Lario, Pedro

AU - Goto, Tomotsugu

AU - Hasegawa, Sunao

AU - Hibi, Yasunori

AU - Hirao, Takanori

AU - Hiromoto, Norihisa

AU - Hong, Seung Soo

AU - Imai, Koji

AU - Ishigaki, Miho

AU - Ishiguro, Masateru

AU - Ishihara, Daisuke

AU - Ita, Yoshifusa

AU - Jeong, Woong Seob

AU - Jeong, Kyung Sook

AU - Kaneda, Hidehiro

AU - Kataza, Hirokazu

AU - Kawada, Mitsunobu

AU - Kawai, Toshihide

AU - Kawamura, Akiko

AU - Kessler, Martin F.

AU - Kester, Do

AU - Kii, Tsuneo

AU - Kim, Dong Chan

AU - Kim, Woojung

AU - Kobayashi, Hisato

AU - Koo, Bon Chul

AU - Kwon, Suk Minn

AU - Lee, Hyung Mok

AU - Lorente, Rosario

AU - Makiuti, Sin'itirou

AU - Matsuhara, Hideo

AU - Matsumoto, Toshio

AU - Matsuo, Hiroshi

AU - Matsuura, Shuji

AU - Müller, Thomas G.

AU - Murakami, Noriko

AU - Nagata, Hirohisa

AU - Nakagawa, Takao

AU - Naoi, Takahiro

AU - Narita, Masanao

AU - Noda, Manabu

AU - Oh, Sang Hoon

AU - Ohnishi, Akira

AU - Ohyama, Youichi

AU - Okada, Yoko

AU - Okuda, Haruyuki

AU - Oliver, Sebastian

AU - Onaka, Takashi

AU - Ootsubo, Takafumi

AU - Oyabu, Shinki

AU - Pak, Soojong

AU - Park, Yong Sun

AU - Pearson, Chris P.

AU - Rowan-Robinson, Michael

AU - Saito, Toshinobu

AU - Sakon, Itsuki

AU - Salama, Alberto

AU - Sato, Shinji

AU - Savage, Richard S.

AU - Serjeant, Stephen

AU - Shibai, Hiroshi

AU - Shirahata, Mai

AU - Sohn, Jungjoo

AU - Suzuki, Toyoaki

AU - Takagi, Toshinobu

AU - Takahashi, Hidenori

AU - Tanabé, Toshihiko

AU - Takeuchi, Tsutomu T.

AU - Takita, Satoshi

AU - Thomson, Matthew

AU - Uemizu, Kazunori

AU - Ueno, Munetaka

AU - Usui, Fumihiko

AU - Verdugo, Eva

AU - Wada, Takehiko

AU - Wang, Lingyu

AU - Watabe, Toyoki

AU - Watarai, Hidenori

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AU - Yamamura, Issei

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