Great Observatories Image Unveiling Science Telecon
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Transcript of Great Observatories Image Unveiling Science Telecon
Support Web Site
• http://hubblesource.stsci.edu/events/iya/support/
• Final images• Individual high-resolution images (TIFF)
• Generic press release• Generic media alert
• Composite image caption (PDF)
Spitzer Space Telescope
• Infrared observations– 3-180 microns– 0.85 meter mirror
• Launched August 2003
• Earth-trailing orbit– 0.1 AU per year
• Pasadena, CA
Hubble Space Telescope
• Visible, ultraviolet, and infrared observations– 115-2500 nanometers– 2.4 meter mirror
• Launched April 1990• Low Earth orbit
– 600 km– 97 minutes
• Baltimore, MD
Chandra X-ray Observatory
• X-ray observations– 0.17-17 nanometers– 4 cylindrical mirrors
• Launched July 1999• Elliptical orbit
– 10-140 thousand km– 64 hr 18 min
• Boston, MA