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DescriptionIRIS (Explorer).jpg	English: Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) Graphic of proposed IRIS spacecraft. The IRIS instrument is a multi-channel imaging spectrograph with a 20 cm UV telescope. IRIS will obtain spectra along a slit (1/3 arcsec wide), and slit-jaw images. Credit: NASA
Source	http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/mission_iris.html
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	23:52, 19 February 2012		946 × 710 (58 KB)	GDK	{{Information \|Description ={{en\|1=Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) Graphic of proposed IRIS spacecraft. The IRIS instrument is a multi-channel imaging spectrograph with a 20 cm UV telescope. IRIS will obtain spectra along a slit (1/3 arcs