The Herschel submm space observatory
Abstract
The `Herschel Space Observatory' is an ESA mission to perform imaging photometry and spectroscopy in the far-IR & submm 57-670 μm range. It carries a 3.5 m diameter radiatively cooled telescope. The scientific instruments - two cameras/medium resolution spectrometers (PACS and SPIRE) and a very high resolution heterodyne spectrometer (HIFI) - are housed in a superfluid helium cryostat. Herschel will be placed in orbit around the Earth-Sun L2 point in 2007 and will operate for a minimum of 3 years. Roughly 2/3 of the observing time is open to the general astronomical community through a competitive proposal procedure.
- Publication:
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The Interplay Among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei
- Pub Date:
- November 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921304003254
- Bibcode:
- 2004IAUS..222..553C