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Armenian Science and Engineering Students
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, California 91330
Contact: Misak Zetilyan
Tel: 818-339-3282
E-mail: misak@musaler.com

AND

Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America, Inc.
417 W. Arden Ave., Suite 112C
Glendale, CA 91203
Contact: Varaz Shahmirian
Tel: 818-547-3372

In Cooperation with the
CSUN Department of Physics and Astronomy

Present

>From New Stars to Black Holes: The Infrared view of
the
Universe from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope

A Lecture by

Varoojan Gorjian, Ph. D.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories

FRIDAY, MAY 7 2004, @7:00PM
CSUN BIANCHI PLANETARIUM

PARKING & DIRECTIONS
Parking for weekend events at the Bianchi Planetarium
is free throughout the campus. We recommend using Lot
G4, located on Zelzah Avenue.

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ABSTRACT:
The Spitzer Space Telescope lifts the cosmic veil of
dust topeer into regions previously unseen by other
telescopes. As NASA’s newest space observatory,
Spitzer has returned amazing images and spectra of
star forming regions and of the environments around
black holes with unprecedented sensitivity. So come
and hear the story of how this telescope survived a
25-year development period to look where no human eyes
have looked before!