Principal Investigator: Robert Kennicutt Jr. (University of
Arizona)
Total Observatory Time: 512 hours
Co-Investigators include:
Lee Armus (SIRTF Science Center, California Institute of Technology),
Daniela Calzetti (Space Telescope Science Institute), Daniel Dale
(California Institute of Technology), Bruce Draine (Princeton University),
Chad Engelbracht (University of Arizona), Karl Gordon (University of
Arizona), George Helou (SIRTF Science Center/IPAC, California Institute of
Technology), David Hollenbach (NASA - Ames Research Center), Claus
Leitherer (Space Telescope Science Institute), Sangeeta Malhotra (Johns
Hopkins University), Michael Regan (Space Telescope Science Institute),
George Rieke (University of Arizona), Marcia Rieke (University of
Arizona), Michele Thornley (National Radio Astronomy Observatory &
Bucknell University)
Extended Abstract
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Team's Web Site
SINGS will characterize the large-scale infrared properties of galaxies
and their principal infrared-emitting components through SIRTF imaging and
low-resolution spectroscopy of 75 nearby galaxies (d < 30 Mpc), and
targeted high-resolution spectroscopy of their centers and a
representative set of extranuclear IR-emitting regions in the galaxies.
These data will be combined with an extensive library of ground- and
space-based data at other wavelengths.
