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Physical Society ColloquiumInterview for Faculty PositionFirst Science Results from the Spitzer Space TelescopeDaniel SternCaltechThe Spitzer Space Telescope was launched on August 25th, 2003. After four months of check-out activities, the telescope was commissioned with on-orbit performance exceeding expectations. Spitzer, formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, is the fourth and final cornerstone of NASA's Great Observatories program, complementing the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and the Hubble Space Telescope. Spitzer has unprecedented capabilities for infrared exploration, reaching 2 to 3 orders of magnitude deeper than was previously possible. I will discuss early science results from Spitzer, with an emphasis on extragalactic programs planned or recently obtained. I will also briefly discuss NuSTAR, a 6-80 keV focusing X-ray telescope currently under competitive review. Extragalactic surveys planned for NuSTAR complement efforts already underway with Spitzer.
Tuesday, February 17th 2004, 16:00
Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, R.E. Bell Conference Room (room 103) |