Astrophysical: Infrared astronomy

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    Diffraction-limited observations of astronomical sources with a rotation shearing interferometer in the near infrared
    An experiment aimed at diffraction-limited imaging of astronomical sources in the 2-5-micron range is presented. It is based on a rotation shearing...
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    Dust in the nuclei of the Seyfert galaxies Markarian 231 and NGC 4151
    Observations carried out with a 8-13 micron grating-spectrometer of Mrk 231 and NGC 4151 are reported. The Mrk 231 data can be fitted to various thermal dust...
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    Exploring the Mid-infrared SEDs of Six AGN Dusty Torus Models. II. The Data
    This is the second in a series of papers devoted to exploring a set of six dusty models of active galactic nuclei (AGN) with available spectral energy...
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    Extended FAR IR Emission in Seyfert Galaxies
    Far IR (90 microns) ISO Maps of four Seyfert galaxies are presented. We find that the Far Infrared emission is extended in all cases out to radii comparable to...
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    Galactic structure from the Two Micron Galactic Survey
    The Two Micron Galactic Survey (TMGS) is the most sensitive large scale point source near infrared survey of the Galactic Plane yet attempted. The Galactic...
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    High resolution Michelson interferometer for airborne infrared astronomical observations. I - Concept and performance
    A Michelson interferometer has been built for use with the 91-cm telescope on NASA's Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory primarily to measure IR line emission...
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    Identification of quasi-stellar objects in the IRAS catalogue
    The authors have studied the IRAS extragalactic catalogue (Lonsdale et al., 1985), with the aim of reliably identifying quasi-stellar objects. Using the best...
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    Infrared astronomy
    The physics of infrared emission processes is examined, taking into account black body radiation, radiation from dust particles, thermal plasma emission...
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    Infrared astronomy
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