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Showing posts with label Super Planets. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

From the Hubble Space Telescope the smaller wavelength infrared


Providing wavelength coverage from 3 to 180 microns, Spitzer is an important addition to scientific Hubble Space Telescope (English) and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (English). The smaller wavelength infrared (near-infrared) can see through regions heavily obscured by dust, so that astronomers can study newborn stars. The long wavelengths (far infrared) are very useful for studying the distribution of dust in the Milky Way, an important ingredient for the formation of planets and stars
About 80% of Spitzer observing time will be available to the wider scientific community, through a contest organized observing proposals by the Spitzer Science Center.