MIRIS Infrared Space Telescope with Science Results

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¹Space Science Division, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejon, South Korea
²Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
³Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA, Sagamihara, Japan
⁴Astronomy and Space Science Department, University of Science and Technology, Daejon, South Korea

MIRIS(Multi-purpose Infrared Imaging System) is the first astronomical infrared space telescope in Korea developed by KASI in collaboration with SaTReC, KARI and ISAS/JAXA, as the main payload of the Korean science and technology satellite, STSAT-3. It was launched in 2013, and the space observations were made for Galactic plane survey with the Pa-α line(1.88 μm), together with cosmic infrared background investigation at high Galactic latitude using I and H band. The infrared observational data has been processed and analyzed since its launch, and the scientific results were published recently in ApJ Supplement Series and PASJ, followed by the MIRIS article introduced in the Nature Astronomy. System configuration of MIRIS is briefly presented with recent science results, and possible future works are discussed for researchers who are interested in MIRIS infrared data.

Wonyong Han

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute