Herschel reveals the invisible

Date: Fri, Sep 16, 2011 | 06:30 - 06:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CEST

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

Herschel, ESA's cutting-edge space observatory, carries the largest, most powerful infrared telescope ever launched. A pioneering mission, it is studying the origin and evolution of stars and galaxies to help understand how the Universe came to be the way it is today. For this purpose Herschel is looking, in far-infrared and submillimetre wavelengths, at objects among the coldest in space. Launched in May 2009 it has already given great results to the scientific community by revealing invisible parts of the universe. More backgroud information can be found on: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Herschel/index.html

The MPEG-2 files are on the ESA ftp server in the folder entitled :
ftp://esa.contentcoders.com/mpeg2/ESA-Herschel-Unveiling-07092011/

Satellite Parameters: Reception Parameters for 4.8 degrees East Satellite Sirius 4 Transponder B28 Centre Frequency 12245.340 MHz Polarisation Offset 0 degrees Polarisation State Vertical FEC Rate 3/4*188/204 Symbolrate 27.5 Megasymbols/s