Space telescope
WISE
Also known as Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, NEOWISE
ObservatoriesRetired0.4 m aperture
Imagery
WISE Last Light
On the morning of February 1, 2011, NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, took its last snapshot of the sky.
2011
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
WISE surveyed the entire sky in infrared light, cataloguing hundreds of millions of objects and, as NEOWISE, tracking near-Earth asteroids.
Observing bands
Surveys
Knowledge connections
- Operated byCaltech/IPAC
- ObservesInfrared
- Conducts surveyWISE All-Sky Survey
- MeasuresBrown Dwarf
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.