December 2nd 05, 11:36 PM
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Contact: Annie Carone (818) 393-5464
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
News Release: 2005-168 December 2, 2005
Learn About Spitzer and its Cosmically Infrared World
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is bringing new light - infrared
light - to the study of our dark and mysterious universe. Some
of the observatory's most exciting discoveries will be discussed
in free public lectures on Thursday, Dec. 8 and Friday, Dec. 9.
Dr. Michael Werner, project scientist for Spitzer at NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., will present, "The Spitzer
Space Telescope: Exploring the Infrared Universe," at 7 p.m. both
days. The Dec. 8 lecture will be held at JPL, while the Dec. 9
event will be at Pasadena City College's Vosloh Forum.
Spitzer, which was launched on August 25, 2003, from Cape Canaveral,
Fla., uses infrared, or "heat-sensing" detectors to gaze into space
at dusty objects that are difficult to study using visible or other
types of light. These objects include everything from comets in our
local solar system, to dusty planet-forming disks around stars, to
the most distant galaxies.
Stunning images and instructive simulations are included in the
lecture and help dramatize the ways in which Spitzer is
revolutionizing our understanding of the cosmos.
The telescope is the fourth of NASA's Great Observatories; the
others are the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory
and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
JPL manages the Spitzer mission for NASA. Science operations are
conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute
of Technology in Pasadena. JPL is a division of Caltech.
Seating for both lectures is first-come, first-served. The Dec. 8
lecture will be in JPL's von Karman Auditorium. JPL is at 4800 Oak
Grove Dr., off the Oak Grove Drive exit of the 210 (Foothill) Freeway.
The Dec. 9 lecture will be in Pasadena City College's Vosloh
Forum, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd. The Dec. 8 lecture will be webcast
live and archived later at
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures/dec05.cfm . For more
information, call (818) 354-0112.
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JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Contact: Annie Carone (818) 393-5464
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
News Release: 2005-168 December 2, 2005
Learn About Spitzer and its Cosmically Infrared World
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is bringing new light - infrared
light - to the study of our dark and mysterious universe. Some
of the observatory's most exciting discoveries will be discussed
in free public lectures on Thursday, Dec. 8 and Friday, Dec. 9.
Dr. Michael Werner, project scientist for Spitzer at NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., will present, "The Spitzer
Space Telescope: Exploring the Infrared Universe," at 7 p.m. both
days. The Dec. 8 lecture will be held at JPL, while the Dec. 9
event will be at Pasadena City College's Vosloh Forum.
Spitzer, which was launched on August 25, 2003, from Cape Canaveral,
Fla., uses infrared, or "heat-sensing" detectors to gaze into space
at dusty objects that are difficult to study using visible or other
types of light. These objects include everything from comets in our
local solar system, to dusty planet-forming disks around stars, to
the most distant galaxies.
Stunning images and instructive simulations are included in the
lecture and help dramatize the ways in which Spitzer is
revolutionizing our understanding of the cosmos.
The telescope is the fourth of NASA's Great Observatories; the
others are the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory
and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
JPL manages the Spitzer mission for NASA. Science operations are
conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute
of Technology in Pasadena. JPL is a division of Caltech.
Seating for both lectures is first-come, first-served. The Dec. 8
lecture will be in JPL's von Karman Auditorium. JPL is at 4800 Oak
Grove Dr., off the Oak Grove Drive exit of the 210 (Foothill) Freeway.
The Dec. 9 lecture will be in Pasadena City College's Vosloh
Forum, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd. The Dec. 8 lecture will be webcast
live and archived later at
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures/dec05.cfm . For more
information, call (818) 354-0112.
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