Sentences with phrase «infrared wavelength allowed»
Venus Express proved it would work: Looking at one infrared wavelength allowed astronomers to see hot spots that might be signs of active volcanism (SN Online: 6/19/15).
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Imaging the cosmos at near - infrared wavelengths allowed the astronomers to see objects that are both obscured by dust, and extremely distant [2], created when the Universe was just an infant.
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«Moreover, high - altitude balloons above 95 percent of the Earth's atmosphere allow for observations in the ultraviolet - and infrared - wavelength bands, which aren't possible with ground - based telescopes.
«Observations at different wavelengths across the infrared spectrum allow us to piece together a three dimensional picture of how energy and material are transported upwards through the atmosphere.»
The US's satellites also cover infrared wavelengths, which allow them to detect heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial facilities.
«We can not distinguish between these two scenarios — puffy with clouds or dense water vapor,» Bean says, although he notes that looking at the planet in longer infrared wavelengths could allow a glimpse inside the cloud layer, if indeed it is there.
Herschel is sensitive to very long wavelength infrared light, allowing the telescope to pick up the faint thermal glow of dust just 25 °C above absolute zero.
In this application, a nanotube film with an array of electrodes can be used as an electrically configurable diffraction grating for an infrared spectrometer, allowing the wavelength of light to be scanned without moving parts.
Those bands were not seen again until 2011 when the the team observed the planet with Keck Observatory's NIRSPEC, a unique, near - infrared spectrograph that combines broad wavelength coverage with high spectral resolution, allowing the observers to clearly see subtle emissions from the bright parts of Saturn.
Its camera operates in both visible and near - infrared wavelengths, and thus allows high - resolution images of surface features between 4 to 8 feet across to be captured from an altitude of up to 250 miles.
MATISSE's first light marks a big step forward in the scope of current optical / infrared interferometers and will allow astronomers to obtain interferometric images with finer detail over a wider wavelength range than currently possible.
Infrared Multi-object Spectrometer (IRMS) The Infrared Multi-object Spectrometer (IRMS) will allow close to diffraction - limited imaging and slit spectroscopy over a 2 arcminute diameter field - of - view at near - infrared wavelengths (0.8 — Infrared Multi-object Spectrometer (IRMS) The Infrared Multi-object Spectrometer (IRMS) will allow close to diffraction - limited imaging and slit spectroscopy over a 2 arcminute diameter field - of - view at near - infrared wavelengths (0.8 — Infrared Multi-object Spectrometer (IRMS) will allow close to diffraction - limited imaging and slit spectroscopy over a 2 arcminute diameter field - of - view at near - infrared wavelengths (0.8 — infrared wavelengths (0.8 — 2.5 μm).
They used data from the visible and infrared mapping spectrometer, a device that looks at how various wavelengths of light are reflected by the surface, allowing minerals to be identified.
Previous infrared missions, from IRAS to Herschel, have revealed a great deal about the obscured... ▽ More Measurements in the infrared wavelength domain allow us to assess directly the physical state and energy balance of cool matter in space, thus enabling the detailed study of the various processes that govern the formation and early evolution of stars and planetary systems in galaxies over cosmic time.
The photodetector array camera and spectrometer (PACS) aboard the Herschel Space Observatory allows imaging observations in the far infrared at unprecedented resolution, i.e. at better than 6» to 12» over the wavelength range of 60 -LCB- \ mu -RCB- m to 210 -LCB- \ mu -RCB- m. Together with the results from ground - based observations, these spatially resolved data can be modelled to determine the nature of the debris and its evolution more reliably than would be possible from unresolved data alone.
As long wavelength (e.g. infrared) light penetrates deeper into the tissue, the two - photon technique also allowed deep lying structures to be studied better than before, which has revolutionized in vivo work.
Furthermore, Solocarbon infrared heat allows for most of the far infrared wavelength to be near 9.4 microns, which is the level at which the human body absorbs infrared energy.
The K - Laser is unique in that it is the only Class 4 therapy laser that utilizes the appropriate infrared wavelengths that allow for deep penetration into the body to reach areas such as your spine and hip.
The infrared wavelengths used in the K - Laser allow for targeting specific areas of your body.
Greenhouse gases allow incoming wavelengths to enter the atmosphere but reflect infrared back toward the Earth, and this is seen (I think) as being perfectly natural.