Thanks for that link Vern, I am a BIG fan of your blog, I love your images. I’ve heard many good things about the Longmont and Boulder clubs but could never find the time to attend any meetings when I lived out there.

Hi Rey, as for the infrared sky, there’s a LOT of discovery going on. In fact, it’s probably the biggest frontier right now in astronomy. The main reason for this is that ccd detectors have only recently been developed that can image that part of the spectrum.

SInce about the mid nineties, our ability to image in the infrared has been one of the most interesting advances. The Spitzer Space telescope provides most of the cool stuff, although many of the telescopes on Mauna Kea are doing interesting IR work.

I will post more about these since you seem interested, but for now, check out anything related to the Spitzer and you’ll get lots of interesting stuff.

Great quote… article too. Glad to hear nature got a good turnout the other night. She’s way better than TV.

So, did you just find something interesting in the infrared-sky?

http://www.timescall.com/print.asp?ID=6702