Spitzer

The Spitzer Space Telescope is an infrared observatory, the fourth and last of the "Great Observatories" which was inaugurated with the Hubble. Spitzer is in a sun-centric orbit, and was launched August 25th, 2004. Formerly known as SIRTF, Spitzer is a project with a considerable history.

I am actively involved with many ongoing and future Spitzer projects, including the Legacy program SINGS, numerous general observer programs, parts of the IRS Guaranteed Time program, and others.

A list of successful Spitzer GO and DDT proposals which I have lead or collaborated on:

• Very Small Particles and Chemistry in Photodissociation Regions
• Mid-Infrared spectral properties of luminous starbursts and active nuclei at redshift z>0.6: exploring the distant Universe with IRS.
• Spitzer Observations of the High-Latitude Translucent Cloud toward HD 210121: A Sightline with Exceedingly Anomalous Ultraviolet Interstellar Extinction
• Infrared Extinction in the Magellanic Clouds
• The Evolution of Dust in Cassiopeia A
• Molecular Gas in IR-Bright Galaxies: Masses and Physical Conditions
• IRS Spectral Mapping of Major Mergers
• Neon in WC and WO stars - testing nucleosynthesis and massive star evolutionary predictions
• Very Small Particles in Photodissociation Regions : further insights with MIPS SED
• PAH contribution to the infrared output energy at redshift 0.1 to 0.6
• Spitzer Observations of the Molecular Cloud toward HD 62542: A Sightline with Exceedingly Anomalous 2175 Angstrom Extinction Bump
• Probing the Diffuse Interstellar Extinction Curve in the Spitzer Infrared
• Nascent starbursts: a missing link in galaxy evolution
• The Physical Context of PAH Emission in Galaxies: Metallicity, Radiation, and Environment
• A GLIMPSE at Hidden Wolf-Rayet Stars in the Galaxy
• An Ultra-Deep Spitzer Spectral Survey

What is Spitzer Doing Now?

See this link.

Spitzer/IRS Links

A few Spitzer-related pages here, in no particular order:

• Cassiopeia A SNR spectral map (pwd required).
• An IRS calibration products page (pwd required).
• Some thoughts on extended source calibration of IRS data.
• A demonstration of rogue pixel treatment by dark/sky subtraction in LL and LH.
• A year in the life of the LL detector on the IRS.
• An (old) collection of bad pixel information.
• A look at stray light correction in IRS SL.
• Models on IRS ramp fitting.

Last modified: Wed Mar 1 10:03:09 MST 2006