Infrared sources

Japanese: 赤外線天体 - せきがいせんてんたい(英語表記)infrared sources
Infrared sources
A general term for celestial bodies that emit infrared light. Also called infrared stars. In the early 1960s, R.B. Leighton and G. Neugebauer of California Institute of Technology conducted all-sky observations at a wavelength of 2 μm and discovered many celestial bodies with very strong infrared radiation. Subsequent spectral observations revealed that many of these objects were low-temperature objects with temperatures below 1000 K. It is believed that this radiation is caused by dust particles (interstellar dust) surrounding the stars absorbing the starlight and then re-emitting it as infrared light with longer wavelengths.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
赤外線を放出する天体の総称。赤外線星ともいう。1960年代初頭,カリフォルニア工科大学のレイトンR.B.Leighton,ノイゲバウァーG.Neugebauerらは波長2μmで全天の観測を行い,赤外線の非常に強い天体を数多く発見した。これら天体の多くは,その後のスペクトル観測の結果,温度が1000K以下の低温度の天体であることがわかった。この放射は星をとりまく塵粒子(星間塵)が星の光を吸収し,あらためて波長の長い赤外線として再放出するものと考えられている。

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