View source for Comparison of other missions to Spitzer

THIS PAGE IS INCOMPLETE AND DATED. your mileage may vary.

Spitzer's resolution is a strong function of wavelength.  The following plot comes from the SOFIA website, and is from at least 2003 if not earlier.

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Spitzer's sensitivity, also from the SOFIA website, and is also from at least 2003 if not earlier.

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This plot is from WISE. WISE is an all-sky survey mission that operates at 3.4, 4.6, 12, and 22 microns.  It is lower resolution and lower sensitivity than Spitzer, but it is ''all-sky'' (whereas Spitzer is a pointed observatory).  This plot compares several different large surveys. Spitzer does not appear because it is not a survey mission.
 
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