ISO images of Messier Objects
Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) was an astronomy satellite operated by
ESA. First proposed in 1979 and developed
from 1983, ISO was launched in November, 1995 by an Ariane 44P. The satellite
operated successfully until May, 1998. With its four instruments (ISO CAM,
ISO LWS, ISO PHT, and ISO SWS), it obtained considerable amount of data and
images of astronomical objects in the infrared light, or infrared part of the
electromagnetic spectrum.
Hartmut Frommert
Christine Kronberg
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Last Modification: July 6, 1999