INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION



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INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION

ISOCAM will provide imaging capabilities across a field of view of up to 3 arcmin diameter. It consists of two optical channels, one used at a time, each of which contains a pixels infrared detector array. The short wavelength channel (SW) operates between 2.5 and 5.2 m, the long wavelength channel (LW) between 4 and 17 m. Each channel includes different magnification lenses and filters.

  
Figure: Layout of ISOCAM





ISOCAM Observer's Manual - V1.0
Tue Oct 31 12:06:23 MET 1995