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EAS Publications Series
Volume 4, 2002
Infrared and Submillimeter Space Astronomy: An International Colloquium to Honor the Memory of Guy Serra
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| Page(s) | 407 - 407 | |
| Section | Posters | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2002109 | |
| Published online | 25 September 2002 | |
M. Giard, J.P. Bernard, A. Klotz and I. Ristorcelli (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 4 (2002) 407
FIRBE: New Japanese Balloon-Borne Infrared Telescope
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Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Sagamihara, Japan
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Tata Insitute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
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Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica, Tonantzintla, Mexico
Corresponding author: shibai@phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp
The FIRBE (Far-Infrared Balloon-Borne Experiment) pro ject is focused on mapping of the far-infrared emission from the Galaxy and external galaxies with the same spatial resolution as that of the IRAS. Two dimensional array on a low emissivity telescope is a powerful facility for wide-area survey.
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