WISE

With a launch scheduled for November 2009, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) will provide an all-sky survey from 3.5 to 23 microns up to 1000 times more sensitive than the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) survey.

WISE will:

• find the most luminous galaxies in the Universe,
• find the closest stars to the Sun,
• detect most main belt asteroids larger than 3 km,
• extend the 2MASS survey into the thermal infrared,
• enable a wide variety of studies ranging from the evolution of protoplanetary debris disks to the history of star formation in normal galaxies, and
• provide the essential catalog for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Links

• Principal Investigator Edward L. (Ned) Wright's WISE homepage

People

Joseph Masiero Evolution of Galaxies Read More >>		Peter Eisenhardt Evolution of Galaxies WISE Project Scientist Read More >>
Amy Mainzer Evolution of Galaxies WISE Deputy Project Scientist Read More >>