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Do Kester

Researcher at Netherlands Institute for Space Research

Publications -  11
Citations -  2164

Do Kester is an academic researcher from Netherlands Institute for Space Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Point source & Infrared astronomy. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 11 publications receiving 2123 citations. Previous affiliations of Do Kester include National Institute for Space Research.

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The infrared astronomical mission AKARI

Hiroshi Murakami, +100 more
TL;DR: AKARI as mentioned in this paper, the first Japanese satellite dedicated to infrared astronomy, was launched on 2006 February 21, and started observations in May of the same year, and has a 68.5 cm cooled telescope, together with two focal-plane instruments, which survey the sky in six wavelength bands from mid- to far-infrared.
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The Infrared Astronomical Mission AKARI

TL;DR: AKARI as discussed by the authors, the first Japanese satellite dedicated to infrared astronomy, was launched on 2006 February 21, and started observations in May of the same year, and has a 68.5 cm cooled telescope, together with two focal-plane instruments, which survey the sky in six wavelength bands from the mid- to far-infrared.
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The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) for AKARI

TL;DR: The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) is one of two focal-plane instruments on the AKARI satellite as discussed by the authors, which has four photometric bands at 65, 90, 140, and 160 mu m and uses two kinds of array detectors.
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The Herschel-Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared (HIFI): instrument and pre-launch testing

Thijs de Graauw, +76 more
- 12 Jul 2008 - 
TL;DR: The Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared (HIFI) as discussed by the authors was designed to be electronically tuneable over a wide and continuous frequency range in the Far Infrared, with velocity resolutions better than 0.1 km/s.