The Spitzer Space Telescope has a wavelength range of 3,000 to 160,000 nanometers, corresponding to the right half of the Infrared segment. The James Webb Space Telescope has a wavelength range of 600 to 28,500 nanometers, corresponding to a sliver of red visible light and the left half of the Infrared segment. From left to right: The Hubble Space Telescope has a wavelength range of 90 to 2,500 nanometers, corresponding to the right-most portion of the Ultraviolet segment, all of the Visible, and the left-most sliver of the Infrared segment. The wave pattern above Radio is more extended (longest wavelength).īelow the wavelength bar are line sketches of three telescopes, labeled with the telescope name and wavelength range. The wave pattern above Gamma is tightest (shortest wavelength). The wavelengths increase from left to right. The sine wave patterns are oriented vertically. The Visible segment is rainbow, from purple on the left to red on the right.Ībove each segment is a sine wave pattern indicating the relative wavelength of the band. The Infrared segments is shades of red and orange. The Ultraviolet segment is various shades of purple. Gamma, X-ray, Microwave, and Radio segments are all colored in shades of gray. From left to right these are: Gamma, X-Ray, Ultraviolet, Visible, Infrared, Microwave, and Radio. The diagram includes a horizontal bar consisting of seven labeled segments representing seven different bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. Infographic titled “Electomagnetic Spectrum” comparing the wavelengths of light that can be detected by the Hubble, Webb, and Spitzer space telescopes.
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