Spitzer Space Telescope
decommissioned NASA infrared space observatory
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The Spitzer Space Telescope was a NASA observatory that orbited in space and observed the universe using infrared light, allowing it to see things that visible light telescopes cannot. It has now been decommissioned, meaning it is no longer in operation, but during its time in service it made important contributions to our understanding of space and celestial objects.
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NASA Great Observatories
Infrared observations can see objects hidden in visible light, such as HUDF-JD2, shown. This shows how the Spitzer IRAC camera was able to see beyond the wavelengths of Hubble's instruments.
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