In-flight performance and calibration of the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Spitzer Space Telescope

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is one of three focal plane instruments on board the Spitzer Space Telescope. IRAC is a four-channel camera that obtains simultaneous broad-band images at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 μm in two nearly adjacent fields of view. We summarize here the in-flight scientific, technical, and operational performance of IRAC.

Gary J. Melnick | Judith L. Pipher | William J. Forrest | Massimo Marengo | Dale J. Fixsen | Eric V. Tollestrup | William F. Hoffmann | Joseph L. Hora | Edward L. Wright | Sean J. Carey | Patrick J. Lowrance | William J. Glaccum | Craig W. McMurtry | Robert E. McMurray | Catherine T. Marx | John R. Stauffer | Jason A. Surace | Craig R. McCreight | Mark E. McKelvey | Giovanni G. Fazio | Lori E. Allen | Matthew L. N. Ashby | Pauline Barmby | Lynne K. Deutsch | Michael A. Pahre | Brian M. Patten | Zhong Wang | Steven P. Willner | Richard G. Arendt | Peter R. Eisenhardt | Varoujan Gorjian | Bidushi Bhattacharya | Mark D. Lacy | Seppo J. Laine | William T. Reach | Gillian Wilson | Jiasheng S. Huang | S. T. Megeath | Howard A. Smith | Samuel H. Moseley | John E. Mentzell | Daniel Stern | Brant O. Nelson | E. L. Wright | E. Tollestrup | G. Fazio | B. Nelson | P. Barmby | J. Surace | D. Gezari | W. Reach | R. Arendt | S. Moseley | M. Pahre | D. Koch | G. Melnick | P. Lowrance | V. Gorjian | D. Krebs | M. Lacy | J.-S. Huang | S. Willner | S. Laine | D. Fixsen | B. Patten | C. Marx | H. Smith | P. Eisenhardt | D. Stern | W. Hoffmann | G. Wilson | M. Marengo | S. Megeath | W. Glaccum | J. Pipher | S. Carey | W. Forrest | W. Eichhorn | M. McKelvey | B. Bhattacharya | Z. Wang | M. Jhabvala | L. Deutsch | A. Hoffman | J. Hora | R. McMurray | C. Hakun | C. Mccreight | S. Kleiner | M. L. N. Ashby | R. Taylor | J. Polizotti | L. E. Allen | C. W. McMurty | J. Mentzell | P. Losch | P. Mayman | J. Flores | K. Shakoorzadeh | R. Jungo | L. Workman | G. Karpati | R. Kichak | R. Whitley | S. Mann | J. A. Stauffer | G. Domingo | M. Cohen | M. Mckelvey | R. Mcmurray | M. Ashby | J. Polizotti

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