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The Potential for Far-infrared Astronomy in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. W. V. Storey
J. W. V. Storey*
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory
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Despite its superb optical and radio observatories, Australia is essentially blind to the entire submillimeter and far-infrared spectrum. The importance of this spectral region can perhaps best be illustrated by reference to Figure 1, which shows the flux of the galaxy NGC253 as a function of frequency.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , 1982 , pp. 474 - 477
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1982

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