1.5 Observatories Project
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Below are some of the most well known observatories. Choose one as a focus for this project:
| Space Observatory | Wavelength |
| Very Large Array | Radio |
| Arecibo | Radio |
| Spitzer | Infrared |
| SOFIA | Infrared |
| Cosmic Background Explorer | Microwave |
| Wilkinson | Microwave |
| Hubble | Visible |
| GALEX | Ultraviolet |
| FUSE | Ultraviolet |
| Chandra | X-ray |
|
Compton |
Gamma |
Research your obeservatory. Some sites to get your started are here:
- NASA's Great Observatories
- Wikipedia
- The page in this session called Observatories Across the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Create a presentation in Prezi or Google Slides. Your presentation should include the following information:
- Type of wave (light) your observatory can see. Include a picture of the electromagnetic spectrum with your wavelength highlighted, circled or otherwise pointed out.
- Date of launch and expected end date.
- Information how we use this wavelength on earth, perhaps in our daily lives.
- At least 5 major discoveries that your space observatory has made.
- At least 3 reasons why your space observatory is unique.
- Pictures! We want to see your space observatory and some of the pictures it has generated.
- Sources and credits: if you used pictures from the Internet, provide the web address
Share the public link with your teacher by pasting it in the dropbox.