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Published mid infrared spectra of transiting planets HD 209458b and HD 189733b, obtained during secondary eclipse by the InfraRed Spectrograph (IRS) aboard the Spitzer Space Telescope, are predominantly featureless. In particular these flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jonathan J. Fortney , Mark S. Marley

The mid-infrared (MIR) spectra of dense photodissociation regions (PDRs) are typically dominated by emission from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and the lowest pure rotational states of molecular hydrogen (H2); two species which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-09 Brian T. Fleming , Kevin France , Roxana E. Lupu , Stephan R. McCandliss

Using the Infrared Spectrograph on board the Spitzer Space Telescope, we have detected emission in the S(0), S(1), and S(2) pure-rotational (v=0-0) transitions of molecular hydrogen (H2) towards 6 positions in two translucent high Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-12-12 James G. Ingalls , T. M. Bania , F. Boulanger , B. T. Draine , E. Falgarone , P. Hily-Blant

We present 3.6 and 4.5 um photometry for a set of 61 standard stars observed by Spitzer's Infrared Spectrograph (IRS). The photometry was obtained with the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on Spitzer in order to help tie the calibration of IRAC…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-29 Kathleen E. Kraemer , Charles W. Engelke , Bailey A. Renger , G. C. Sloan

We report the results of spectroscopic mapping observations carried out toward the Herbig-Haro objects HH7-11 and HH54 over the 5.2 - 37 micron region using the Infrared Spectrograph of the Spitzer Space Telescope. These observations have…

We report on our first results from a mid-infrared spectroscopic study of ISM features in a sample of deeply obscured ULIRG nuclei using the InfraRed Spectrograph (IRS) on the Spitzer Space Telescope. The spectra are extremely rich and…

We have used archival far-ultraviolet spectra from observations made by HST/STIS and FUSE to determine the column densities and rotational excitation temperatures for CO and H2, respectively, along the lines of sight to 23 Galactic O and B…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-19 Eric B. Burgh , Kevin France , Stephan R. McCandliss

We present a new analysis of the physical conditions in three Herbig-Haro complexes (HH 54, HH 212, and the L 1157 protostellar jet) using archival data from the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on the Spitzer Space Telescope. As described in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Michihiro Takami , Jennifer L. Karr , Brunella Nisini , Thomas P. Ray

The complete near infrared (0.9-2.5 micron) spectra in three different star forming regions (HH24-26, HH72 and BHR71) are presented and analyzed in the framework of shock excitation models. The spectra are dominated by H_2 rovibrational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Giannini , C. McCoey , A. Caratti o Garatti , B. Nisini , D. Lorenzetti , D. R. Flower

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is a four-channel camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope, one of three focal plane science instruments. IRAC uses two pairs of 256x256 pixel InSb and Si:As IBC detectors to provide simultaneous imaging at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Joseph L. Hora , Brian M. Patten , Giovanni G. Fazio , William J. Glaccum

Infrared spectroscopic observations toward objects obscured by dense cloud material show that H$_2$O, CO and, likely, CO$_2$ are important constituents of interstellar ice mantles. In order to accurately calculate the column densities of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 P. A. Gerakines , W. A. Schutte , J. M. Greenberg , Ewine F. van Dishoeck

We investigate the diffuse absolute calibration of the InfraRed Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope at 8.0microns using a sample of 43 HII regions with a wide range of morphologies near GLON=312deg. For each region we carefully…

We report spectro-imaging observations of the bright western ridge of the supernova remnant IC 443 obtained with the ISOCAM circular variable filter (CVF) on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). This ridge corresponds to a location…

We measure the band strengths in the far-infrared region of interstellar ice analogs of astrophysically relevant species, such as H$_2$O, CO$_2$, CH$_3$OH, and NH$_3$, deposited at low temperature (8-10 $\mathrm{K}$), followed by warm-up,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-01 B. M. Giuliano , R. M. Escribano , R. Martín-Doménech , E. Dartois , G. M. Muñoz Caro

We present a near infrared spectroscopic atlas of nearby, bright early-type galaxies with radio emission, containing 163 galaxies observed by the Palomar 200" TripleSpec instrument, measuring the emission line fluxes for H, He, [Fe II] and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-13 Mark Durré , Jeremy Mould , Michael Brown , Tristan Reynolds

We present new infrared observations of the emission/reflection nebula IC 405 obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope. Infrared images in the four IRAC bands (3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 um) and two MIPS bands (24 and 70 um) are complemented…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kevin France , Stephan R. McCandliss , Roxana E. Lupu

We have mapped the superwind/halo region of the nearby starburst galaxy M82 in the mid-infrared with $Spitzer-IRS$. The spectral regions covered include the H$_2 S(1)-S(3)$, [NeII], [NeIII] emission lines and PAH features. We estimate the…

Supernovae and their remnants provide energetic feedback to the ambient interstellar medium (ISM), which is often distributed in multiple gas phases. Among them, warm molecular hydrogen (H$_2$) often dominates the cooling of the shocked…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-29 Yunwei Deng , Zhi-Yu Zhang , Ping Zhou , Junzhi Wang , Min Fang , Lingrui Lin , Fuyan Bian , Zhiwei Chen , Yong Shi , Guoyin Chen , Hui Li

With Spitzer IRS we have obtained sensitive low-resolution spectroscopy from 5 to 35 microns for six supernova remnants (SNRs) that show evidence of shocked molecular gas: Kes 69, 3C 396, Kes 17, G346.6-0.2, G348.5-0.0 and G349.7+0.2.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 John W. Hewitt , Jeonghee Rho , Morten Andersen , William T. Reach

We present an analysis of Spitzer/IRAC primary transit and secondary eclipse lightcurves measured for HD209458b, using Gaussian process models to marginalise over the intrapixel sensitivity variations in the 3.6 micron and 4.5 micron…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Thomas M. Evans , Suzanne Aigrain , Neale Gibson , Joanna K. Barstow , David S. Amundsen , Pascal Tremblin , Pierre Mourier