Spitzer Space Telescope

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Spitzer Site
Images, news, and information about the Spitzer mission can be found here.

Spitzer en Español
Ofrece en Español la información sobre la misión de Spitzer, antecedentes científicos, un tutorial sobre astronomía de rayos infrarrojos y otras actividades educacionales.

Astronomers' Site
The Spitzer Science Center is the source for information on observation planning, proposal submission, observer support, and data archives and analysis.

Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
A site for scientists, with links to all IPAC's missions, archives, and services.

Education and Public Outreach
Learn more about infrared light, astronomy, and the world around us. Spectacular images, fun games, resources for educators, and more!

What's Happening: Spitzer Goes to the Olympics

Artwork inspired by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is making an appearance at this year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. more...

Now on Cool Cosmos: See the Infrared Zoo Ever wonder what a dog looks like in the infrared? How about a tiger or a gecko? Now you can find out by visiting the Infrared Zoo on Cool Cosmos, Spitzer's Education and Public Outreach website. more...

Astronomers: Approved Programs

The full list of approved programs, including Cycle-6 Exploration Science and regular GO programs, is available at: http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/approvdprog/.

Press Release: Galaxy Exposes its Dusty Inner Workings in New Spitzer Image

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured an action-packed picture of the nearby Small Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that looks like a wispy cloud when seen from Earth. more...

Press Release: Centuries-Old Star Mystery Coming to a Close

For almost two centuries, humans have looked up at a bright star called Epsilon Aurigae and watched with their own eyes as it seemed to disappear into the night sky, slowly fading before coming back to life again. more...

What's Happening: A Quarter Century of Infrared Astronomy

This composite graphic encompasses a quarter century of infrared astronomy from space, a world away from Galileo Galilei's eight-power telescope that was the cutting edge of astronomy 400 years ago. It also illustrates some of the contributions from the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) to this progress by way of astronomical data processing, analysis, archiving and dissemination. more...

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	The Spitzer Space Telescope is a NASA mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This website is maintained by the Spitzer Science Center, located on the campus of the California Institute of Technology and part of NASA's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center.
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