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Spectral Resolution vs Wavelength – Multi-Mission Comparisons:
ISO and SIRTF (shown alone for clarity)

graph of spectral resolution vswavelength of  ISO and SIRFT, description follows

In the graph above, the SIRTF instruments - IRAC, MIPS and IRS, and the ISO instruments - the Short Wavelength Spectrometer (SWS) and the Long Wavelength Spectrometer (LWS), are plotted in terms of spectral resolution (lambda/deltalambda) and wavelength. The instruments from these two missions are shown here seperately from the plot including SOFIA instruments for clarity.

Spectral Resolution vs Wavelengths - Multi-Mission Comparisons:

 

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