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Spitzer Telescope (Retired)

@SpitzerScope

Capturing the infrared spectrum since 2003, now retired. Official account is @NASASpitzer Visit https://nitter.cf/t.co/a2gGwxbrPn for more information

 Earth trailing orbit
spitzer.caltech.edu/
Joined March 2009
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I'm (maybe) back, baby!
Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) profile pictureEric Berger
@SciGuySpace15 May 2023
This is supremely cool. arstechnica.com/science/2023…
A private company has an audacious plan to rescue NASA’s last “Great Observatory”

A private company has an audacious plan to rescue NASA’s last “Great Observatory”

I think it would be pretty ambitious... but really great if we could pull it off."

arstechnica.com
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Nice of JWST to not gloat even though they deserve to...
NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) profile pictureNASA Webb Telescope
@NASAWebb9 May 2022
Replying to @NASAWebb
Webb’s image, taken by its MIRI instrument, features light from “polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons." These molecules of carbon & hydrogen help us better understand the gas that exists between stars. Get ready for Webb to #UnfoldTheUniverse in unprecedented detail this summer!
A side-by-side comparison of the same view of part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, as seen in infrared by Spitzer's IRAC instrument on the left versus Webb's MIRI instrument on the right. Both images are colorized red. Webb's image shows much clearer detail, depicting crisper stars and clouds of gas.

ALT A side-by-side comparison of the same view of part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, as seen in infrared by Spitzer's IRAC instrument on the left versus Webb's MIRI instrument on the right. Both images are colorized red. Webb's image shows much clearer detail, depicting crisper stars and clouds of gas.

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Check out my 360-degree, 20-gigapixel image of our galaxy. It took me 10 years to capture! spitzer.caltech.edu/glimpse3…
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WYSIWYG. I swear on my Pocket Ref -- my pictures are real! ...just remapped so humans can see them: spitzer.caltech.edu/explore/…
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I made North America disappear! spitzer.caltech.edu/video-au… Watch in HD (58 MB): spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded…
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In case you missed it, some humans in white coats have given me a musical theme. Kind of catchy!
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NASA's Spitzer Begins Warm Mission: http://bit.ly/qiw5C
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Well, I'm all out of liquid helium. Starting to warm up to -400°F. What's that Earth saying?...when one door closes, another universe opens.
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My back to the sun, cryogenic, I see dusty disks. #kepler http://tinyurl.com/aqwkhp
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Go Kepler Go!
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Just getting over a little bug It's very cold out here but in all honesty, I like it cold. Makes me work better.

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