Spitzer Space Telescope Fly-Around
Fly around NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope! This loop-able animation depicts the telescope against the night sky as it appears in visible light.
For over 16 years, Spitzer helped astronomers explore the hidden universe of infrared light, and its legacy data will continue to illuminate mysteries of the universe for decades to come.
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![]() 01.28.20 Spitzer Space Telescope Beauty PassThis animation depicts NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope as it might appear in space if viewed in infrared light. The ba... |
![]() 01.28.20 Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Fly-AroundFly around NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope! This loop-able animation depicts the telescope against the night sky as it... |
![]() 01.28.20 Spitzer Space Telescope Fly-AroundFly around NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope! This loop-able animation depicts the telescope against the night sky as it... |
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![]() 08.25.03 Infrared LaunchWhen Spitzer launched Monday, 25 August 2003 at 1:35:39 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, me... |
![]() 01.01.03 Artist Concept - Spitzer Visible and IR view 1Spitzer is portrayed here first in visible light, then against the same background in the infrared. |
![]() 01.01.03 Artist Concept - Spitzer Observation CycleAn observation cycle is illustrated in this animation, with Spitzer obtaining data, transmitting that data to Earth, ... |
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![]() 01.01.03 Artist Concept - Spitzer Flies AwaySpitzer speeds away from Earth after its separation from its Delta II rocket. |
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![]() 01.01.03 Artist Concept - Spitzer Visible and IR view 2Spitzer is portrayed here first in visible light, then against the same background in the infrared. |
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