SESDA II: Helping To Visualize the Universe
Posted On: March 30, 2009Comments: No Responses
NASA’s High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) and Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis (LAMBDA), with the help of SESDA II scientific programmers, are providing new ways to view the skies from the comfort of your desk chair. SkyView is a virtual observatory that provides a single interface to data from dozens […]
SESDA II staff designed and developed Sun-Earth Day 2009
Posted On: March 5, 2009Comments: No Responses
SESDA II staff designed and developed Sun-Earth Day 2009 highlighting the International Year of Astronomy. Join tens of millions across the globe on March 20th to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s first telescopic observations of the heavens. For more information go to http://sunearthday.nasa.gov.
SESDA II Supports GSFC Day in Annapolis
Posted On: March 5, 2009Comments: No Responses
In honor of Goddard’s 50th birthday, SESDA II Education and Public Outreach staff participated in the Goddard Space Flight Center Day at the Maryland State Legislature, held in Annapolis, MD on February 12, 2009. This all-day event was sponsored by two Maryland State Senators and took place in the West Hall at the Miller Senate […]
SESDA II Staff Involved In A Cosmic Mystery
Posted On: January 9, 2009Comments: No Responses
Puzzling results from a 2006 GSFC balloon experiment supported by SESDA II staff members Paul Mirel and Paul Cursey, were announced at a recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society. The balloon-borne instrument named ARCADE, which stands for the Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission was launched from a NASA facility in Texas, […]
SESDA II Staff Produce Near-Real-Time Pollution Monitoring Data
Posted On: January 7, 2009Comments: No Responses
The SESDA II team supporting the Ozone Monitoring Instrument provides Near Real Time data within three hours of first measurement. The data is used in monitoring pollution around the world and is also used in surroundings models to help make predictions about future impacts of pollution. The figure below shows air pollution (NO2) data from […]
SESDA II Staff Help Find Comets Near the Sun
Posted On: January 6, 2009Comments: No Responses
One of SESDA II’s showcase missions is the Solar and Heliospheric Obervatory (SOHO), extensively supported on both the research and operations side by 10 of our staff. Between December 21 and 23 the Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) on the SOHO spacecraft captured four comets, bringing the SOHO comet count total to a remarkable 1588. […]
