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- News from Herschel and the UK 02 October 03:37|1 Comment
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Herschel and Planck Astronomy
Planck half way round the sky:
http://planck.cf.ac.uk/node/149
Source: planck.cf.ac.uk
Planck has now observed half the sky, as anyone following the "Sky Coverage" plots will have noticed. The images below show the coverage from two different perspectives, one in Galactic coordinates, and one in Ecliptic coordinates.
New images from Herschel have been released today. You can read about them and about some worries about future UK astronomy funding over on our sister Herschel mission blog.
Herschel and Planck Astronomy
Herschel unveils the hidden Milky Way - spectacular image!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8284
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
The images reveal in exquisite detail the dense, contorted clouds of cold gas that are collapsing in on themselves to form new stars.
[cross-posted from Planck UK site] Last week, the Planck satellite observed the Crab Nebula, also known as M1 from Messier’s catalogue, and Tau A to radio astronomers. ...
ESA has just announced the first results form the Planck satellite. The ESA release can be found here and some more images and information (if you can read French) can be found here, and similar extra details are also on the UK Planck site here...
Thanks to all the slashdotters for making this blog the Number 1 Fastest Growing Blog on WordPress today! I am seriously impressed!
Various news outlets have picked up on the Planck press release. These include: The Telegraph who even quote me! The Times AFP via Google The BBC
Herschel and Planck Astronomy
check out some great blogs about Planck's result:
http://telescoper.wordpress.com/
http://www.andrewjaffe.net/blog/
Source: telescoper.wordpress.com
Credit to Andrew Jaffe for alerting me to the fact that ESA’s first press release concerning Planck has now been, well, released…
Herschel and Planck Astronomy
Planck's first glimpses...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/defa
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Get the latest BBC Science and Environment News: breaking news, analysis and debate on science and nature in the UK and around the world.
There should be a Planck press release later today, showing images from the first look survey. Watch this space for more news and links to the images once ESA has released them. All I can say for the moment is that things are looking good!
Imperial College Astrophysics is hosting the next in its series of Great Debates on Tuesday 15th September. The topic is: “Do Other Universes Exist”. More details and registration available here.
The results of a two week mini-survey finished on 27th August. All went well, so the all sky surveys, due to last 15 months, have now begun! More information available from ESA...
I will be doing a reading, a signing and also answering questions with fellow Footprints author Kate Kelly at the Dorchester Waterstone’s, 45-46 South Street, Dorchester, this Thursday 27 August, starting at 7:30pm. ...
Herschel and Planck Astronomy
http://herscheldiary.wordpress.com/2009/
Source: herscheldiary.wordpress.com
This, for those that have never read it, is the title of a poem by John Keats. Keats was then a young cockney clerk of limited education and means who was struggling to be a poet in a society in which ...
This weekend Planck should be moving from performance verification phase and into observations that are closer to full scale operations with the start of a minisurvey that will be very similar to (indeed, if all goes well, part of) the main all sky survey...
