The Herschel Space Observatory

Author

Griffin, Matt ; Pilbratt, Göran ; De Graauw, Thijs ; Poglitsch, Albrecht

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Cardiff Univ., Cardiff

fYear

2008

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

The Herschel Space Observatory is the fourth cornerstone mission in the European Space Agency (ESA) science programme. Herschel will be equipped with a passively cooled 3.5-m diameter Cassegrain telescope and three scientific instruments - HIFI, PACS and SPIRE - which together will carry out sensitive imaging and spectroscopy in the FIR and submillimetre range, covering wavelengths between 57 and 670 mum. This paper summarises the design and scientific capabilities of Herschel and its instruments.

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; astronomical observatories; astronomical spectra; astronomical telescopes; space vehicles; submillimetre astronomy; submillimetre wave imaging; submillimetre wave spectroscopy; Cassegrain telescope; ESA; European Space Agency science programme; FIR imaging; FIR spectroscopy; HIFI; Herschel Space Observatory; PACS; SPIRE; fourth cornerstone mission; fully-assembled spacecraft; scientific instruments; submillimetre range; wavelength 57 mum to 670 mum; Instruments; Mirrors; Observatories; Optical receivers; Picture archiving and communication systems; Space missions; Space vehicles; Spectroscopy; Support vector machines; Telescopes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 2008. IRMMW-THz 2008. 33rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2119-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2120-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665517

Filename

4665517