What does IRS stand for?

Infrared Spectrograph

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Goode, distinguished professor of physics, will enhance the capabilities of NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory with a cryogenic infrared spectrograph.

United States: NJIT receives NSF funding to improve Big Bear ...

Scientists say it's possible the water is hiding beneath dust clouds or that all the airborne water molecules are the same temperature, making it impossible to see using an infrared spectrograph.

Distant planets hold surprises: dust, no water

Scientists say it's possible the water is hiding beneath dust clouds or that all the airborne water molecules are the same temperature, making it impossible to see using an infrared spectrograph.

Distant planets: Warm, weird, waterless

The water could be under dust clouds, or all the airborne water molecules have the same temperature, making it impossible to see using an infrared spectrograph.

Waterless planets surprise astronomers

They have detected few galaxies that date between 8 billion and 11 billion years ago because these far away objects require high-quality infrared spectrographs that have not been available.

Grappling with Galaxy Formation

The DRS-produced infrared sensors, known as focal plane arrays (FPAs), were integrated into the Infrared Spectrograph and the Multi-band Imaging Photometer, two of the SIRTF's three science instruments, to provide advanced imaging capabilities in the long wavelength region up to 40 micrometers.

DRS Technologies' Infrared Technology Supports NASA's Launch of ...

The researchers used Spitzer's Infrared Spectrograph, which was developed at Cornell.

Astronomers detect dust around a dying star, which may shed new light ...

Spitzer observed shredded asteroid pieces around white dwarfs with its infrared spectrograph, an instrument that breaks light apart into a rainbow of wavelengths, revealing imprints of chemicals.

Dead stars shed new light on planet birth