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DTSTART:20091002T190000Z
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LOCATION:3425 Sterling Hall
SUMMARY:The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer - WISE \, Special Astr
 onomy Colloquium\, Professor Ned Wright\, UCLA- Physics and Astronomy 
 Department
DESCRIPTION:<br>
\nThe Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a 
 NASA Medium Explorer(MIDEX) currently under construction which will su
 rvey the entire sky in 4 mid-infrared bands at 3.4\, 4.6\, 12 and 22 m
 icrons with vastly greater sensitivity than previous all-sky surveys a
 t these wavelengths.<br>
\n<br>
\nThe WISE long wavelength channels wi
 ll be very powerful for detecting Ultra-Luminous Infrared Galaxies\, a
 nd WISE should detect the most luminous galaxies in the Universe. The 
 WISE short wavelength channels will be very powerful for detecting old
  cold brown dwarfs\, and WISE should detect the nearest brown dwarfs t
 o the Sun.  WISE will also measure the radiometric diameters of about 
 250\,000 asteroids.<br>
\n<br>
\nWISE will have a 40 cm cryogenic tele
 scope\, 1024x1024 arrays\, a scan mirror to freeze images on the array
 s while the spacecraft scans continuously\, and will take 47'x47' imag
 es every 11 seconds in all four bands from an IRAS/COBE style Sun-sync
 hronous nearly polar low Earth orbit. WISE is expected to launch in la
 te 2009
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