Great Observatories Image Unveiling Science Telecon

January 29, 2009

Multiwavelength Observations

Support Web Site

• http://hubblesource.stsci.edu/events/iya/support/

• Final images• Individual high-resolution images (TIFF)

• Generic press release• Generic media alert

• Composite image caption (PDF)

Spitzer Space Telescope

• Infrared observations– 3-180 microns– 0.85 meter mirror

• Launched August 2003

• Earth-trailing orbit– 0.1 AU per year

• Pasadena, CA

Hubble Space Telescope

• Visible, ultraviolet, and infrared observations– 115-2500 nanometers– 2.4 meter mirror

• Launched April 1990• Low Earth orbit

– 600 km– 97 minutes

• Baltimore, MD

Chandra X-ray Observatory

• X-ray observations– 0.17-17 nanometers– 4 cylindrical mirrors

• Launched July 1999• Elliptical orbit

– 10-140 thousand km– 64 hr 18 min

• Boston, MA

Chandra

Hubble

Spitzer

Compton

Educational & IYA Resources

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