The Art Behind the Astro Pictures: Lecture Online

01.18.12 Posted by Gordon Squires | 0 Comments

If you've ever been curious how one goes from datasets taken by Spitzer and other telescopes to the colorful imagery seen on the gallery here, you can learn more about it online. Dr. Robert Hurt, the visualization scientist for Spitzer delivered a lecture on "The Art of Image Processing" in Pasadena, CA on January 19th, and the full talk can now be viewed online.

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Telescopes on Land and in Space Work Together for the Holidays!

12.19.11 Posted by Luisa Rebull | 2 Comments

Sometimes you get a project so big that one telescope just isn't enough. December is the month that a small army of telescopes on land and in space are all pitching in for a really big study that just can't be done any other way.

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11-11-11: At 3000 and Counting!

11.11.11 Posted by Robert Hurt | 1 Comments

On this binary day of 11/11/11, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has reached another numerical milepost, it's 3,000th day of operation!

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