Herschel's daring test: A glimpse of things to come
Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 09:14
in Astronomy & Space
Herschel opened its 'eyes' on 14 June and the Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer obtained images of M51, 'the whirlpool galaxy' for a first test observation. Scientists obtained images in three colours from the observation, which clearly demonstrate the superiority of Herschel, the largest infrared space telescope ever flown...
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