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The '''Infrared Processing and Analysis Center''' ('''IPAC''') isprovides thescience [[NASA]]operations, sciencedata centermanagement, whichdata isarchives responsibleand community support for theastronomy dataand processing,planetary analysis,science andmissions. archivingIPAC forhas NASA'sa historical emphasis on infrared-submillimeter astronomy and astrophysicsexoplanet science. IPAC has supported NASA, NSF and privately funded projects and missions. It is located on the campus of the [[California Institute of Technology]] in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Infrared Processing and Analysis Center|url = http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/page/about|website = www.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date = 2015-10-06}}</ref>

[[File:Infrared Processing and Analysis Center.jpg|thumb|IPAC headquarters at Caltech]]

IPAC was established in 1986 to provide support for the joint European-American orbiting infrared telescope, the [[Infrared Astronomical Satellite]], or IRAS. The IRAS mission performed an unbiased, sensitive all-sky survey at 12, 25, 60 and 100 µm during 1983, and after the mission ended, IPAC started the Infrared Science Archive (IRSA) to make the data available to anyone who needed it.

IPAC was established in 1986 to provide support for the joint European-American orbiting infrared telescope, the [[Infrared Astronomical Satellite]], or IRAS. The IRAS mission performed an unbiased, sensitive all-sky survey at 12, 25, 60 and 100 µm&nbsp;μm during 1983, and. afterAfter the mission ended, IPAC started the [[Infrared Science Archive]] (IRSA) to make the data available to anyone who needed it.

Later, NASA designated IPAC as the U.S. science support center for the European [[Infrared Space Observatory]] (ISO), which ceased operations in 1998. About that same time, IPAC was designated as the science center for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) -- renamed the [[Spitzer Space Telescope]] after launch. IPAC also assumed the lead role in various other infrared space missions, including the [[Wide-field Infrared Explorer]] (WIRE) and the [[Midcourse Space Experiment]] (MSX). IPAC also expanded its support to include ground-based missions with the assumption of science support responsibilities for the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey ([[2MASS]]), a near-infrared survey of the entire sky conducted by twin observatories in the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

Later, NASA designated IPAC as the U.S. science support center for the European [[Infrared Space Observatory]] (ISO), which ceased operations in 1998. About that same time, IPAC was designated as the science center for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) -- renamed the [[Spitzer Space Telescope]] after launch. IPAC also assumed the lead role in various other infrared space missions, including the [[Wide-field Infrared Explorer]] (WIRE) and the [[Midcourse Space Experiment]] (MSX). IPAC also expanded its support to include ground-based missions with the assumption of science support responsibilities for the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey ([[2MASS]]), a near-infrared survey of the entire sky conducted by twin observatories in the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

In 1999, IPAC formed an interferometry science center, ultimately named the Michelson Science Center after interferometry pioneer Albert A. Michelson.

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Today, the greater IPAC includes the [[Spitzer Science Center]], the [[NASA Exoplanet Science Institute]] and the [[NASA Herschel Science Center]]. In 2014, NASA established the [http://www.euclid.caltech.edu/ Euclid NASA Science Center at IPAC] (ENSCI) in order to support US-based investigations using [[Euclid (spacecraft)|Euclid]] data.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Missions - Euclid - NASA Science|url = https://euclid.caltech.edu|website = science.nasa.gov|access-date = 2015-10-06}}</ref> The combined efforts of these centers support more than a dozen science missions and archives. IPAC is also a participating organization in the [[Virtual Astronomical Observatory]] (VAO).

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==References==

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== External links ==

* [http://www.ipac.caltech.edu IPAC official Web site]

* [http://nexsci.caltech.edu NExScI official Web site]

* [http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu SSC official Web site]

* [http://www.herschel.caltech.edu/ NHSC official Web site]

* [http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu Infrared Science Archive official Web site]

* [http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu NASA Exoplanet Archive official Web site]

* [http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu NASA Extragalactic Database official Web site]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100112144939/http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer official Web site]

* [http://www.usvao.org Virtual Astronomical Observatory official Web site]

* [http://montage.ipac.caltech.edu/ Montage Image Mosaic Software official Web site]

* [http://www.euclid.caltech.edu/ Euclid NASA Science Center at IPAC official Web site]

* [http://aperturephotometry.org/ Aperture Photometry Tool official Web site]

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