IRAC Capabilities and Sensitivity

• Image and Array Parameters:

  • Fields are 5.1 x 5.1 arcmin, 256x256 arrays
  • 1.2 arcsec/pixel, Image FWHM ~ 2.3 arcsec

• Modes: Full Array, Subarray (32x32)

• Single pointing, dither, & mapping from one IRAC AOT

• Integration times from 0.01 to 200 sec

• Shutter mechanism for obtaining darks & calibration images with internal reference sources

IRAC Home Page at SAO:

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/oir/Research/irac

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