... To help find out, the Hubble Space Telescope imaged the nearby photogenic spiral M51 in infrared light to highlight the dust ... To further isolate the dust , much of the optical light from stars has also been digitally removed . ...
... The Spitzer Space Telescope was formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility ( SIRTF ) and is designed to explore the Universe at infrared wavelengths. ...
... The Spitzer Space Telescope was formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility ( SIRTF ) and is presently exploring the Universe at infrared wavelengths. ...
... Optical - Bill Schoening, Vanessa Harvey/REU program/NOAO/AURA/NSF . ... Explanation: Taken by a telescope onboard NASA's Swift satellite , this stunning vista represents the highest resolution image ...
... The scene combines color data of the starry field and fainter filaments of material at optical energies with image data from the orbiting NuSTAR X-ray telescope. ...
... At visible wavelengths SN1987A is famous for its evolving rings , and superposed on this image are white contour lines which outline the innermost optical ring as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...
... Optical: NASA / STScI . Explanation: In 1787, astronomer William Herschel discovered the Eskimo Nebula . ... In 2000, the Hubble Space Telescope imaged the Eskimo Nebula in visible light, while the nebula was imaged in X-rays by the ...
... Palomar Observatory , 200-in Hale Telescope . ... historic when prompt, coincident X-ray and optical emissions were identified ... then radio emission was predicted to peak about a week after the optical emission ...
... Still hours later, using the position provided by this X-ray image, ground-based telescopes recovered an even better located variable optical source which also seems to be related to the burster. ...