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Spitzer's Solo Act🎤
This infrared view of the Milky Way's galactic center taken by Spitzer revealed glowing clouds of dust containing complex structures that were previously unseen in other wavelengths. Now, as part of the Sounds from Around the Milky Way sonification project, this image can be both seen and heard.
Sonification is the process of translating positions and brightness in the telescope's image into different intensities and volumes. This is the first time users h...ave been able to "listen" to the center of the Milky Way as observed in X-ray, optical, and infrared light.
You can hear the optical and X-ray components by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory at https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/sonify.
Learn more about how astronomers sonified these space images at #AskTheAstronomersLIVE today (Oct. 15) at 4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/186498695237769/posts/733910023829964
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsVARAOhC80
Listen up! 👂
Though our galaxy's center is ~26,000 light-years away, assigning sounds to data from Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope brings it closer to home.
Sonification also allows audiences, including blind and visually impaired communities, to “hear” astronomical images and explore their data.
...Learn more about sonification 🎹 at #AskTheAstronomersLIVE! Thursday, Oct. 15 at 4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT UniverseUnplugged.org
Fun Fact: The arrangement's crescendo happens at the lower-right area of the image where the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*, resides. This is the same black hole studied by Dr. Andrea Ghez, who was awarded the #NobelPrize2020 for Physics last week.
