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The technology of CCD-type TV cameras combined with the technology of acoustically-tuned optical filters enables, for the first time, extremely sensitive and flexible infrared data acquisition combining both high spatial resolution and high spectral resolution. An instrument utilizing the above technologies is described and preliminary examples of data are shown in the form of spectral images of Saturn in the near infrared and a Minnaert analysis of Jupiter at these wavelengths. The imaging spectrometer which acquired the above data has a spatial resolution of 4′′, a spectral resolution of 15 Å and a spectral range of 0.65μ to 1.1μ. Recent improvements in camera and filter technology relevant to imaging spectroscopy are given to indicate what near and middle infrared data will be available to observers in the near future.
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© 1977 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht-Holland
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Wattson, R.B. (1977). Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy. In: Fazio, G.G. (eds) Infrared and Submillimeter Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 63. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1211-9_38
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