Each time ISO has finished an observation of a particular target it moves to the next object on the sky to be observed. If the distance between these two targets is more than 2.3 degree, the 200 micron camera of ISOPHOT will be switched on to observe along these "serendipitous" (completely random) strips. At the end of the ISO in-orbit mission, these strips will cover 10% - 20% of the sky, forming the ISO Serendipity Survey.
The slew data are collected at PHT-DC where MPIA leads the Collaboration on the ISO Serendipity Survey (CISS). The other members of the consortium are:
the European Space Agency (ESA), at VILSPA, Madrid, Spain
the ISOPHOT Instrument Dedicated Team (PIDT), at VILSPA, Madrid, Spain
the Infrared Analysis and Processing Center (IPAC), Pasadena, USA
the Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany
and the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK.
ISOPHOT Team at MPIA (phthelp@mpia-hd.mpg.de)
Last modified: 17 July 1997