Space telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
ObservatoriesRetired0.85 m aperture
Imagery
Spitzer Space Telescope Ready for Launch
The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility or SIRTF) is readied for launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in 2003.
2020
NASA · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
Spitzer was NASA's infrared Great Observatory (2003–2020), studying warm dust, exoplanets, and distant galaxies.
Observing bands
Knowledge connections
- Operated byNASA
- StudiesThe Milky Way
- Operated byCaltech/IPAC
- ObservesInfrared
- DiscoveredFU Tau b
- DiscoveredHN Peg b
- DiscoveredLP 791-18 d
- DiscoveredWD 0806-661 b
- Associated withPhase Curves
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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