Jolitz Family Video- How to See Past the Dust
Ben and Rebecca learn about how infrared astronomy and the Spitzer Telescope
are used to "look through the dust" to see the centers of galaxies and the
nurseries of stars. Rebecca is excited because she just completed a report
on the Palomar Observatory, and wants to learn about other telescopes, while
Ben is interested in the physics of infrared astronomy. Will they learn "How
to see past the dust"?
Dr. Yvonne Pendleton, speaking at Foothill College, is an infrared
observational astronomer in the Planetary Systems Branch of NASA, who
pursues the origin and evolution of interstellar organic matter, from star
forming regions to the incorporation of this material into primitive Solar
System bodies.
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| Created: | 2004/05/21 |
| Duration: | 7 minutes, 55 seconds |
| Views: | 1009 |