Orion and Perseus Seen by Planck
Apr 26
New images from Planck, ESA's cosmological space observatory, show star formation in Orion and Perseus. These lovely images show cold prestellar cores about to burst into life as protostars. Planck is able to show a level of detail not yet seen at these wavelengths and to map the regions in a fantastic new way. These images show radiation with wavelengths of 10 mm (red), 850 microns (green) and...
The Polaris Flare
Jan 20
Hearing that a nebula I knew little about was mapped by Herschel made me go and find out more. The Polaris Flare is a cirrus nebula that appears to surround the North Star. Here's a bit more about it - pretty pictures included.
Rosette Nebula and HOBYS
Dec 23
Many amazing images were released at the Herschel meeting last week but one that seems to have slipped by is this incredible montage of data from the Rosette Nebula.
Herschel Stares into Aquila
Dec 17Herschel has done it again - releasing an incredible image filled with beauty and science. This time it shows a distant, dark cloud located a thousand light years away in the constellation Aquila, the Eagle.
Herschel and Planck Launch Minute-by-Minute
May 11
On Thursday (at 13:12 UT) Arianespace will send into orbit two scientific satellites for the European Space Agency: the Herschel space telescope and the Planck scientific observatory. The launch process which will take these amazing new instruments from the ground into space takes less than an hour! I will be watching the event live from Cardiff (you can watch it here) and was curious as to how...
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