NASA Spitzer Space Telescope archive (IRSA) (EXT-026)
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope archive (IRSA) is documented in the DePaul Resource Map as external partner at DePaul University, External partner organization, NASA Spitzer Space Telescope data archive (IRSA / IPAC), Off-campus (NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive). Documentation is partial or indirect, so the listing is treated as likely current. Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation.
Summary 🟡 ~
- College / school: External partner organization
- Sub-unit: NASA Spitzer Space Telescope data archive (IRSA / IPAC)
- Campus/Location: Off-campus (NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive)
- Last Verified: August 19, 2026
Access (availability): 🟢 Green — open or routine · 🟡 Yellow — appointment or affiliation · 🔴 Red — restricted · ⚪/⚫ White/Black — not yet classified
Verification: ✓ confirmed · ~ likely · ? needs review · ✕ archived
Organization
Spitzer was a NASA infrared space telescope. The mission has ended; science data remain available through the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA). IRSA is the current public access path, not a DePaul-owned archive.
Access status
- Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation
- Rationale: Spitzer is retired; data access is through NASA/IPAC IRSA (public archive / historical guest-observer programs), not DePaul-owned instruments.
- Access URL: irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/Missions/spitzer.html
- Contact name: Office of Research Services / Physics and Astrophysics
- Contact email: ors@depaul.edu
- Verification date: 2026-08-19
- Source URLs:
- irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/Missions/spitzer.html
- www.spitzer.caltech.edu
Relationship to DePaul
Anuj Sarma’s DePaul research page states he was awarded Spitzer time to observe the star-forming region NGC 6334A with the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS). That is historical guest-observer time (page last modified 2006); current DePaul use is via the public archive, not a campus telescope. Do not infer ongoing Spitzer observing for other Physics faculty without additional evidence.
Known collaborations & connections
- Anuj Sarma — named Spitzer IRS program (NGC 6334A)
- Physics & Astrophysics Laboratories
- Related radio user facilities: EXT-025 NRAO
Collaborative documents
| Document type | Scope | Parties | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guest-observer / archive access | Spitzer IRS observations of NGC 6334A | Sarma ↔ NASA Spitzer / IRSA | Named on faculty research page | archived institutional source (depaul/SRC-001578) |
| Public archive | Spitzer data holdings | NASA/IPAC IRSA | Active archive site | archived institutional source (depaul/SRC-001583) |
Verification
- Status: ~ Likely current
- Rationale: Named guest-observer program on a DePaul faculty research page; current access is the NASA archive because the telescope is retired.
- Last verified: 2026-08-19
- Evidence:
- Sarma research page names Spitzer IRS time on NGC 6334A — archived institutional source (depaul/SRC-001578)
- IRSA Spitzer mission archive — archived institutional source (depaul/SRC-001583)
Equipment
NASA Spitzer data archive (telescope retired). Not DePaul inventory.
Last verified: July 29, 2026.
Contacts (resource-level)
- Website: Spitzer at IRSA
- Website: Spitzer mission site
People & contacts
Named contacts when publicly documented.
- Anuj Sarma (Faculty lead) — asarma@depaul.edu · Profile
Documented Relationships
NASA infrared archive / historical guest-observer access for DePaul star-formation research.
Related listings
- CSH-005 - Physics & Astrophysics Laboratories
- PER-145 - Anuj Sarma
- EXT-025 - National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
Notes
Bernhard Beck-Winchatz publishes infrared-astronomy education materials; that is not treated as Spitzer guest-observer evidence and is not linked here.