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Swift Sees Pinwheel Galaxy, Satellite Fully Operational

02/23/2005 08:00AM

Swift Sees Pinwheel Galaxy, Satellite Fully Operational

The Swift satellite's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) has seen first light, capturing an image of the Pinwheel Galaxy, long loved by amateur astronomers as the "perfect" face-on spiral galaxy. The UVOT now remains poised to observe its first gamma-ray burst and the Swift observatory, launched into Earth orbit in November 2004, is now fully operational.<b> NOTE: French, German, and Italian translations follow...</b>


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