2. Agenda EM Spectrum Review NASA Astrophysics Observatories, techniques, images Visible Spectra, IR demo, UV beads Resources PPT and Resource Word doc http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Edu/materials/pr esentations.html

4. Visible Light and Beyond “White light” is made up of a rainbow of colors, each with a different wavelength.

5. The Electromagnetic Spectrum Our eyes see only part of the electromagnetic spectrum…

6. Each part of the spectrum impacts our daily lives… “Invisible” Light in Society Microwave ovens Communications Remote controls X-rays UV Sunscreen

7. NASA SMD Astrophysics: Discover the origin, structure, evolution, and destiny of the universe, and search for Earth-like planets

8. We collect light from distant objects, and bring together researchers from many disciplines. The Tools of Our Search

12. Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

13. Chandra X-ray telescope http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/

14. NASA Resources

17. Representative Color

18. “Invisible” Light in Astronomy Each part of the spectrum provides a piece of the puzzle in understanding our universe.

19. The Pinwheel Galaxy http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/07

20. Irregulars Huge collections of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity… Spirals Ellipticals Galaxies: How Do They Form and Evolve?

22. M82: A Burst of Star Formation InfraredVisible X-Ray

23. Centaurus A InfraredVisibleX-Ray

24. To find the earliest galaxies, we will need to explore the universe in the infrared. Looking Back in Time

25. The Lives of Stars

26. The Orion Nebula InfraredVisible X-Ray

27. Our Place in the Universe

28. Spectra = Signatures

29. Active Astronomy Lessons Compare and contrast visible & infrared light 1. Overview and pre-test 2. What’s getting through to you? gel filters 3. Seeing the Invisible detector circuits 4. Reflection of Visible and Invisible mirrors and detector circuits 5. Listening to Light detector and transmitter circuits

30. Visible vs Infrared Images

33. Resources SOFIA Active Astronomy http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Edu/materials/activ eAstronomy/activeAstronomy.html http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Edu/materials/activ eAstronomy/activeAstronomy.html SEEK and FLIR smart phone IR cameras ASP AstroShop Noel Encarnacion Inventory and Customer Service Manager service@astrosociety.org PPT and Resource Word doc http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Edu/materials/present ations.html

34. Resources Stanford Solar Center Spectrascopes and Colors of the Sun video (high school for power supply and gas tubes) http://solar-center.stanford.edu/ Project Spectra http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/education/ k-12/project-spectra/ http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/education/ k-12/project-spectra/ NASA Tour of the EM Spectrum http://missionscience.nasa.gov/ems/index.html

35. Sponsors for today’s talk NASA’s SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) Mission SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA