Happy first space birthday, SPHEREx! 🥳
One year ago today, SPHEREx launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 11, 2025.
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Happy first space birthday, SPHEREx! 🥳
One year ago today, SPHEREx launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 11, 2025.
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Heads up astronomers! Subscribe to @irsaipac.bsky.social's YouTube channel to catch video tutorials on how to get the most out of the SPHEREx archive. New data added weekly!
IRSA's SPHEREx playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 🔭
All-sky three color image using SPHEREx data. The Galactic Plane is flat across the center of the image, and dramatic swirls and loops of interstellar gas and dust tendrils creep up from the plane.
Today is the first anniversary of SPHEREx's launch! We have more than 60 TB of SPHEREx data, with more added every week. As of last month, users have downloaded more than a petabyte of SPHEREx data. Have you played with it yet? It's actually really fun data! irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/Missions/sph...
We have two job openings for full-time Application Developer positions to support the IRSA team. Both are now live on the Caltech careers site.
Application Developer (Data Systems) #10817 - phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf03/ats/ca...
Application Developer (UI) #10819 - phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf03/ats/ca...
Today is the anniversary of SPHEREx's launch! Here is a playlist of all the YouTube tutorial videos we have on the SPHEREx Data Explorer. As always, the video is in HD and has English subtitles (click on the 'cc' button in the lower right of your YouTube window). www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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It's Tutorial Tuesday! Today's video is an introduction to the time series tool. As always, the video is in HD and has English subtitles (click on the 'cc' button in the lower right of your YouTube window to turn on the closed captioning). youtu.be/OXfywfNTexw
This is an image of Caltech astrophysicist Carl Grillmair. Visual description: The image focuses on Carl's head and shoulders; he is wearing a white shirt with gray stripes with short sleeves, and he is looking directly at the camera and smiling. Carl has a busy brownish-red bear and hair and with gray eyes.
Our IPAC community is in shock at the sudden loss of our colleague and friend, Carl Grillmair.
His curiosity and dedication shaped IPAC in countless ways. We've dedicated our science talk series, The Next Seven Minutes, to his memory.🔭 www.ipac.caltech.edu/news/ipac-mourns-passing-of-carl-grillmair
At the AAS, we had some 3-D printed items that were hugely popular!
We have now made those designs downloadable here:
www.thingiverse.com/CaltechIPAC/...
It's Tutorial Tuesday! Today's video is an overview of how to do searches from images or tables using the "microscope". As always, the video is in HD and has English subtitles (click on the 'cc' button in the lower right of your YouTube window to turn on the closed captioning). youtu.be/OYG-Mp44Ph4
There's a new IRSA Newsletter - are you subscribed? myemail.constantcontact.com/IRSA-Newslet...
It's Tutorial Tuesday! Today's video is an overview of how to add observatory footprint markers in IRSA Viewer. As always, the video is in HD and has English subtitles (click on the 'cc' button in the lower right of your YouTube window to turn on the closed captioning). youtu.be/CLja6hmWYZs
It's Tutorial Tuesday! Today's video showcases the image locking features in IRSA Viewer. As always, the video is in HD and has English subtitles (click on the 'cc' button in the lower right of your YouTube window to turn on the closed captioning). youtu.be/4pPVxJ3A2Y4
GOALS, GOT_Cplus, and V838Mon have been released through IRSA's Data Collection Explorer (DCE). They were previously accessible through an older interface, and are now integrated into DCE for easier access and discovery.
irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/irsaviewer/dce
The updated ISO SWS Atlas is now available, providing newly reprocessed infrared spectra for all objects observed by ISO's Short Wavelength Spectrometer (SWS). irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/ISO/SWS...
SPHEREx spectral images of Comet 3I/Atlas are now available. irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPHEREx...
ZTF image of M31
The twenty-fourth public data release from the Zwicky Transient Facility contains approximately 69.7 million images, 1043 billion source detections extracted from these images, and 5.32 billion light curves. irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/Missions/ztf...
It's Tutorial Tuesday! Today's video is an overview of HiPS image capabilities. As always, the video is in HD and has English subtitles (click on the 'cc' button in the lower right of your YouTube window to turn on the closed captioning). youtu.be/CUUICfk-jKw
We had a poster today on Firefly in Python! Check out the online version.
aas247-aas.ipostersessions.com?s=E9-40-67-4...
We are at #AAS247! Come by the IPAC booth and say hi!
Here's a new video to go with the new SPHEREx Spectrophotometry Tool version! youtu.be/c4LbNrvO1dQ As always, the video is in HD and has English subtitles (click on the 'cc' button in the lower right of your YouTube window to turn on the closed captioning).
The SPHEREx Spectrophotometry Tool now includes interactive cutouts of all images used in the calculation. The cutouts provide a convenient way to check positions and contamination. The docs have been updated with guidance on the use of flags in the output.
irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/Missions/sph...
It's Tutorial Tuesday! Today's video is a brief overview of the IRSA Viewer tool. As always, the video is in HD and has English subtitles (click on the 'cc' button in the lower right of your YouTube window to turn on the closed captioning). youtu.be/NZN6yaiwZu0
New video! This video is on getting cutouts from the SPHEREx Data Explorer. As always, the video is in HD and has English subtitles (click on the 'cc' button in the lower right of your YouTube window to turn on the closed captioning). youtu.be/cO-ezwms60o
New video! This one shows how to get spectra out of the Euclid Data Explorer, along with some tips and tricks. As always, the video is in HD and has English subtitles (click on the 'cc' button in the lower right of your YouTube window to turn on the closed captioning). youtu.be/KeoySV_N7AE
It's Tutorial THURSday! Today's video is a case study of how to make plots in Firefly, using the WISE Image Service as an example. The video is in HD and has English subtitles (click on the 'cc' button in the lower right of your YouTube window to turn on the closed captioning). youtu.be/HxMLbix3OCQ
It's Tutorial Tuesday! Today's video is a case study of how to use filters in Firefly, using the WISE Image Service as an example.The video is in HD and has English subtitles (click on the 'cc' button in the lower right of your YouTube window to turn on the closed captioning). youtu.be/igDLOdWoS-0
IRSA is now distributing SPHEREx spectral image data processed with substantially improved calibrations. QR2 includes reprocessed versions of all data acquired since the start of the mission. Future quick releases will also use the improved QR2 pipeline.
irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/Missions/sph...
