Launchpad: Infrared Astronomy on Mauna Kea
Discover how NASA's Infrared Astronomy telescope on Mauna Kea helps astronomers use different wavelengths of light to make the invisible visible. Learn about the Doppler Effect and heat signatures of faraway objects.
Background Information
Grades 9 through 12
- Amazing Space Telescopes from the Ground Up
- Institute for Astronomy; University of Hawaii Mauna Kea Observatories
- Institute for Astronomy; University of Hawaii NASA InfraRed Telescope Facility
- NASA Destination Innovation: Sofia
- NASA Milky Way Panorama from Mauna
Activities
Grades 9 through 12
- University of California, Berkeley Light Detectives: Using WISE Data to Identify Brown Dwarfs and ULIRGs