[AstroNet] Herschel First Light

["Dr. Carolina Ödman"]

Dear all,

Herschel, the Infra-Red satellite that was launched last May 14 is on  
track and has already produced its first light! See M51 like never  
before here:

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM76A0P0WF_index_1.html

Planck was launched at the same date and will hopefully reach its  
final destination L2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L2_Earth-Sun_Lagrange_point#L2 
) early July.

Exciting times for astronomy in space!

Have a great week-end,

Carolina






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Dr. Carolina Ödman
Universe Awareness
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