N band

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Atmospheric windows in the infrared. The N band is the transmission window centred on 10 micrometres

In infrared astronomy, the N band refers to an atmospheric transmission window centred on 10 micrometres (in the mid-infrared).^[1]

References

^ Böker, T.; Storey, J. W. V. (1997). "MANIAC: A New Mid- and Near-Infrared Array Camera". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 109 (737): 827–836. doi:10.1086/133951. JSTOR 40680970.

v t e Electromagnetic spectrum
Gamma rays X-rays Ultraviolet Visible Infrared Microwave Radio ← higher frequencies longer wavelengths →
Gamma rays	Very-high-energy gamma ray Ultra-high-energy gamma ray
X-rays	Soft X-ray Hard X-ray
Ultraviolet	Extreme ultraviolet Vacuum ultraviolet Lyman-alpha FUV MUV NUV UVC UVB UVA
Visible (optical)	Violet Blue Cyan Green Yellow Orange Red
Infrared	NIR (Bands: J, K, H) SWIR MWIR (Bands: L, M, N) LWIR FIR
Microwaves	W band V band Q band K_a band K band K_u band X band C band S band L band
Radio	THF EHF SHF UHF VHF HF MF LF VLF ULF SLF ELF
Wavelength types	Microwave Shortwave Medium wave Longwave

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