Response Functions for the IRAS Bands
[Adapted from Table II.C.5 of the Explanatory Supplement.]
12 micron Band
Wavelength Relative
(microns) response
7.0 0.000
7.5 0.008
8.0 0.535
8.5 0.689
9.0 0.735
9.5 0.815
10.0 0.900
10.5 0.904
11.0 0.834
11.5 0.816
12.0 0.793
12.5 0.854
13.0 0.938
13.5 0.991
14.0 1.000
14.5 0.934
15.0 0.388
15.5 0.000
25 micron Band
Wavelength Relative
(microns) response
16.0 0.007
16.5 0.101
17.0 0.288
17.5 0.388
18.0 0.452
18.5 0.521
19.0 0.562
19.5 0.626
20.0 0.683
20.5 0.729
21.0 0.778
21.5 0.832
22.0 0.912
22.5 0.914
23.0 0.938
23.5 0.933
24.0 0.875
24.5 0.910
25.0 1.000
25.5 0.911
26.0 0.840
26.5 0.763
27.0 0.749
27.5 0.829
28.0 0.914
28.5 0.790
29.0 0.877
29.5 0.558
30.0 0.274
30.5 0.069
31.0 0.012
31.5 0.000
60 micron Band
Wavelength Relative
(microns) response
27.0 0.000
30.0 0.010
33.0 0.036
36.0 0.068
39.0 0.174
42.0 0.315
45.0 0.483
48.0 0.585
51.0 0.658
54.0 0.716
57.0 0.824
60.0 0.915
63.0 0.987
66.0 0.990
69.0 1.000
72.0 0.946
75.0 0.713
78.0 0.531
81.0 0.174
84.0 0.047
87.0 0.000
100 micron Band
Wavelength Relative
(microns) response
65.0 0.000
70.0 0.010
75.0 0.113
80.0 0.306
85.0 0.505
90.0 0.695
95.0 0.824
100.0 0.947
105.0 0.939
110.0 1.000
115.0 0.631
120.0 0.319
125.0 0.195
130.0 0.106
135.0 0.053
140.0 0.010
Reference:
Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) Catalogs and Atlases, vol. 1,
Explanatory Supplement, 1988, ed. C. Beichman, et al., NASA RP-1190
(Washington, DC: GPO)
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