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Infrared Astronomy Satellite

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Infrared Astronomy Satellite

Joint US-UK-Dutch satellite launched in 1983 to survey the sky at infrared wavelengths, studying areas of star formation, distant galaxies, and possible embryo planetary systems around other stars. It discovered three asteroids and six comets in our own Solar System, and operated for ten months.



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That year, NASA's Infrared Astronomy Satellite detected a larger-than-expected infrared signal from the star's vicinity.
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In 1983, NASA's Infrared Astronomy Satellite revealed that Arp 220 is one of the brightest of about a dozen galaxies that emit most of their light in the infrared.
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Observations made in 1983 by the Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) during its 10-month mission have helped astronomers map emissions of infrared radiation (heat) from distant interstellar and interplanetary dust clouds.
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