Artist Concept of the Herschel Spacecraft

Nhsc_nhsc2009-015a_1024

nhsc_nhsc2009-015a June 15th, 2009

Credit: ESA D. Ducros

Herschel carries the largest space telescope ever launched to date. From a point in space called the 2nd Lagrangian Point (or L2), its 3.5-metre diameter mirror will collect long-wavelength infrared radiation from some of the coolest and most distant objects in the Universe. Herschel will cover a wide range of wavelengths, from the far-infrared to the sub-millimetre band. The longest of these wavelengths have never been covered before. The mission is to be launched in spring 2009 in tandem with ESA's Planck spacecraft, on board an Ariane-5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou (French Guyana).

Provider: Herschel Space Observatory

Image Source: https://www.herschel.caltech.edu/image/nhsc2009-015a

Curator: NASA Herschel Science Center, Pasadena, CA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/imagepolicy/

View Options

Image Details

Image Type
Artwork
Subject - General
Technology > Observatory > Telescope
Nhsc_nhsc2009-015a_1280
×
ID
nhsc2009-015a
Subject Category
E.8.1.2  
Subject Name
Credits
ESA D. Ducros
Release Date
2009-06-15
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.herschel.caltech.edu/image/nhsc2009-015a
Type
Artwork
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NASA Herschel Science Center
URL
http://www.herschel.caltech.edu/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
1200 E. California Blvd.
City
Pasadena
State/Province
CA
Postal Code
91125
Country
USA
Rights
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/imagepolicy/
Publisher
Publisher ID
nhsc
Resource ID
Metadata Date
2018-06-21T00:12:21Z
Metadata Version
1.2
×

 

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

×

There is no distance meta data in this image.

 

Providers | Sign In