THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE): MISSION DESCRIPTION AND INITIAL ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE

Wright, Edward L.; Eisenhardt, Peter R. M.; Mainzer, Amy K.; Ressler, Michael E.; Cutri, Roc M.; Jarrett, Thomas; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Padgett, Deborah; McMillan, Robert S.; Skrutskie, Michael; Stanford, S. A.; Cohen, Martin; Walker, Russell G.; Mather, John C.; Leisawitz, David; Gautier, Thomas N.; McLean, Ian; Benford, Dominic; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Blain, Andrew; Mendez, Bryan; Irace, William R.; Duval, Valerie; Liu, Fengchuan; Royer, Don; Heinrichsen, Ingolf; Howard, Joan; Shannon, Mark; Kendall, Martha; Walsh, Amy L.; Larsen, Mark; Cardon, Joel G.; Schick, Scott; Schwalm, Mark; Abid, Mohamed; Fabinsky, Beth; Naes, Larry; Tsai, Chao-Wei

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THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE): MISSION DESCRIPTION AND INITIAL ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE

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Wright, Edward L., Eisenhardt, Peter R. M., Mainzer, Amy K., Ressler, Michael E., Cutri, Roc M., Jarrett, Thomas, Kirkpatrick, J. Davy, Padgett, Deborah +30 more·2010·The Astronomical Journal

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The all sky surveys done by the Palomar Observatory Schmidt, the European Southern Observatory Schmidt, and the United Kingdom Schmidt, the InfraRed Astronomical Satellite, and the Two Micron All Sky Survey have proven to be extremely useful tools for astronomy with value that lasts for decades. The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is mapping the whole sky following its launch on 2009 December 14. WISE began surveying the sky on 2010 January 14 and completed its first full coverage of the sky on July 17. The survey will continue to cover the sky a second time until the cryogen is exhausted (anticipated in 2010 November). WISE is achieving 5σ point source sensitivities better than 0.08, 0.11, 1, and 6 mJy in unconfused regions on the ecliptic in bands centered at wavelengths of 3.4, 4.6, 12, and 22 μm. Sensitivity improves toward the ecliptic poles due to denser coverage and lower zodiacal background. The angular resolution is 6 1, 6 4, 6 5, and 12 0 at 3.4, 4.6, 12, and 22 μm, and the astrometric precision for high signal-to-noise sources is better than 0 15.

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The spectral energy distribution for J1407 is consistent with a lightly reddened K5 star (E(B-V) = 0.09, A_V about 0.32 mag), with no evidence for infrared excess.
“The spectral energy distribution for the star (plotted in Figure 1) is consistent with a lightly reddened K5 star (E(B -V ) = 0.09, A V 0.32 mag), with no evidence for infrared excess”
From PLANETARY CONSTRUCTION ZONES IN OCCULTATION: DISCOVERY OF AN EXTRASOLAR RING SYSTEM TRANSITING A YOUNG SUN-LIKE STAR AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR DETECTING ECLIPSES BY CIRCUMSECONDARY AND CIRCUMPLANETARY DISKS (2012) · cites this paper as Wright et al. 2010
The Instrument section discusses WISE flux corrections for G–K dwarfs, but does not analyze J1407. Searches for J1407, the K5 classification, the stated reddening values, and infrared excess found no passage addressing this star. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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Authors: Wright, E. L., Eisenhardt, P. R. M., Mainzer, A. K., Ressler, M. E., Cutri, R. M., Jarrett, T., Kirkpatrick, J. D., Padgett, D., McMillan, R. S., Skrutskie, M., Stanford, S. A., Cohen, M., Walker, R. G., Mather, J. C., Leisawitz, D., Gautier, T. N., McLean, I., Benford, D., Lonsdale, C. J., Blain, A., Mendez, B., Irace, W. R., Duval, V., Liu, F., Royer, D., Heinrichsen, I., Howard, J., Shannon, M., Kendall, M., Walsh, A. L., Larsen, M., Cardon, J. G., Schick, S., Schwalm, M., Abid, M., Fabinsky, B., Naes, L., & Tsai, C.-W.
Affiliations: University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (US)
California Institute of Technology (US)
University of Arizona (US)
University of Virginia (US)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (US)
Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy (US)
Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (US)
Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory (US)
L-3 Communications (United States) (US)
Corresponding author: Wright, Edward L.
ORCID: Wright, Edward L.
Mainzer, Amy K.
Ressler, Michael E.
Cutri, Roc M.
Jarrett, Thomas
Kirkpatrick, J. Davy
Padgett, Deborah
Skrutskie, Michael
Stanford, S. A.
Mather, John C.
Leisawitz, David
McLean, Ian
Benford, Dominic
Lonsdale, Carol J.
Blain, Andrew
Duval, Valerie
Tsai, Chao-Wei
Venue: The Astronomical Journal
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Published: 2010-11-09
Volume: 140
Issue: 6
Pages: 1868-1881
ISSN: 0004-6256 (ISSN-L)
1538-3881
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/1868
OpenAlex: W2052937506
Semantic Scholar: 9f60e76b2dd4329c1c563e0e04c0b8b1a3d91231
Cited by: 7,987
References: 60
Citations by year: 2026: 399 · 2025: 612 · 2024: 657 · 2023: 582 · 2022: 556 · 2021: 613 · 2020: 611 · 2019: 536 · 2018: 603 · 2017: 544 · 2016: 561 · 2015: 493 · 2014: 455 · 2013: 402 · 2012: 266
FWCI: 204.00
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Locations: The Astronomical Journal (publishedVersion)
arXiv (Cornell University) (acceptedVersion)
CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) (submittedVersion)
Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester) (submittedVersion)
arXiv (Cornell University)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Instrumentation › Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Keywords: WISE, infrared sky survey, all-sky survey, point source sensitivity, angular resolution, astrometric precision, ecliptic poles, infrared astronomy

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