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Herschel out-of-field stray-light characterization
Out-of-field stray-light spots of the Herschel telescope optics relative to the PACS and SPIRE instrument apertures were modeled by ray tracing simulations with the Advanced Systems Analysis Program (ASAP, by Bre...
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The Isocam Responsivity in Orbit. Standard star photometry
An overview is given of the absolute flux calibration of the ISOCAMdetectors. The flux calibration is based on observations of standard stars selected from the Ground Based Preparatory Programme, for which Kur...
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Ultimate sensitivity with ISOCAM
We discuss the instrumental factors which constrain the sensitivity limits of the mid-infrared camera (ISOCAM) of ESA's Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). The observing strategy judged to be best suited to fain...
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The Infrared Spectrum of Comet Hele–Bopp as Seen by the Infrared Space Observatory
Spectra of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) were obtained with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) at medium resolution with the grating spectrometer in the photometer (PHT-S) and/or at high resolution with the sh...