Herschel Space Observatory

The Herschel Space Observatory, previously known as FIRST, will be the largest ever infrared space observatory when it is launched in 2008. Equipped with a 3.5 metre diameter reflecting telescope and instruments cooled to close to absolute zero, Herschel will observe at wavelengths that have never previously been explored. After a four-month journey from Earth, Herschel will spend a nominal mission lifetime of three years in orbit around the L2 Lagrange point of the Sun-Earth system located 1.5 million kilometres away from the Earth in a direction diametrically opposite the Sun.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ESA
• HSO
• HIFI
• PACS
• SPIRE

[applecounty]

Informative and interesting. As intriguing as the synthetic 'lady' may be ('she' becomes a distraction after a while), I still prefer real people doing the talking. Thank you for posting this.

[BrunoTheQuestionable]

I think I agree at the moment, but in a year or two speech synthesis technology should have improved enough that it won't be noticeable :)

[JaalaJ]

It's always amazing to see just how much is crammed into these technologies. Human beings are very inventive.

[BrunoTheQuestionable]

You're right - and this is just scratching the surface.

[melfik]

its dubed by syntetic voce, isnt it ? interesting :D

[BrunoTheQuestionable]

Yes. Pretty good eh ? Probably better than I could have done myself. This is the first time I've tried it. Its the final element in putting together a mini-documentary from scratch.

[seneca67]

wow!

[audiofreeq]

im glad im not the only one with an interest in the 4 bands if the IR spectrum,from an ameture point of view,thanks for posting.