Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
Mission Characteristics
| Lifetime: |
9.5 months + 4 months post-cryo |
| Wavelength: |
3.4, 4.6, 12, and 22 microns
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| Area Coverage: |
All Sky: 100% of the sky
3-Band Cryo: 30% of the sky
Preliminary data release: 57% of the sky |
| Instruments: |
Survey Camera
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| Funding Agency: |
NASA
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| Contributing Institutions: |
UCLA, JPL, IPAC/Caltech, UC Berkeley, SDL, BATC
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| Canonical Papers: |
WISE: Wright et al. (2010)
NEOWISE: Mainzer et al. (2011)
Details on how to acknowledge WISE and NEOWISE are provided in the documentation.
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IRSA Services - All-Sky, 3-Band Cryo, and NEOWISE Post-Cryo Releases
IRSA Services - Preliminary Release
Note: The Preliminary Release has been superseded by the All-Sky Release. The Preliminary Release products are
available for reference purposes, but should not be used for new research.
Other Resources
Equatorial Aitoff projection maps showing the area covered by the WISE All-Sky Release (top left),
the 3-Band Cryo Release (top right), the NEOWISE Post-Cryo Release (bottom left),
and Preliminary Release (bottom right).
Click for larger versions. The colors encode the average number of WISE
exposures.
