Portal:Astronomy/Picture/23 August 2005
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Lyman Spitzer was one of the first astronomers to discuss the potential advantages of space telescopes over ground-based telescopes, and was one of the key figures in the development of the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as publishing many key papers in the study of the interstellar medium and ionised nebulae. The Spitzer Space Telescope is named after him.