11/07/2009, 12:48
11/07/2009, 20:36
11/07/2009, 21:10
DigDug ha scritto:
Brava 2di7 sei sempre molto attiva in materia astronomica!
04/10/2009, 18:59
Herschel infrared image of a reservoir of cold gas in the constellation of the Southern Cross. The region is located about 60° from the Galactic Centre, thousands of light-years from Earth. The images cover an area of 2°x2° on the sky.
The images taken on 3 September reveal structure in cold material in our Galaxy, as we have never seen it before. Even before a detailed analysis, scientists have gleaned information on the quantity of the material, its mass, temperature, composition and whether it is collapsing to form new stars.
That a dark, cool area such as this would be bustling with activity, was unexpected. But the images reveal a surprising amount of turmoil: the interstellar material is condensing into continuous and interconnected filaments glowing from the light emitted by new-born stars at various stages of development. Ours is a tireless Galaxy constantly forging new generations of stars.
Stars form in cold, dense environments, and in these images it is easy to locate the star-forming filaments that would be very difficult to isolate in a single-wavelength image.
Traditionally, in a crowded region like this, situated in the plane of our Galaxy and containing many molecular clouds along the line of sight, astronomers have had a difficult time resolving details. But Herschel’s sophisticated infrared instruments made short work of the task, seeing through the dust that is opaque to visible light, and seeing the glow from the dust itself. These observations are not possible from ground.
The result is a view of an incredible network of filamentary structures, and features indicating a chain of near-simultaneous star-formation events, glittering like strings of pearls deep in our Galaxy.
The image was constructed by colour-coding the different observing wavelengths, and creating composite false-colour images. In the SPIRE image blue denotes 250 microns, green 350 microns, and red 500 microns emission, while in the PACS image cyan denotes 70 microns and red 160 microns emission.
Credits: ESA and the PACS consortium
SPIRE infrared image of a reservoir of cold gas in the constellation of the Southern Cross. The region is located about 60° from the Galactic Centre, thousands of light-years from Earth. The images cover an area of 2°x2° on the sky.
The images taken on 3 September reveal structure in cold material in our Galaxy, as we have never seen it before. Even before a detailed analysis, scientists have gleaned information on the quantity of the material, its mass, temperature, composition and whether it is collapsing to form new stars.
That a dark, cool area such as this would be bustling with activity, was unexpected. But the images reveal a surprising amount of turmoil: the interstellar material is condensing into continuous and interconnected filaments glowing from the light emitted by new-born stars at various stages of development. Ours is a tireless Galaxy constantly forging new generations of stars.
Stars form in cold, dense environments, and in these images it is easy to locate the star-forming filaments that would be very difficult to isolate in a single-wavelength image.
Traditionally, in a crowded region like this, situated in the plane of our Galaxy and containing many molecular clouds along the line of sight, astronomers have had a difficult time resolving details. But Herschel’s sophisticated infrared instruments made short work of the task, seeing through the dust that is opaque to visible light, and seeing the glow from the dust itself. These observations are not possible from ground.
The result is a view of an incredible network of filamentary structures, and features indicating a chain of near-simultaneous star-formation events, glittering like strings of pearls deep in our Galaxy.
The image was constructed by colour-coding the different observing wavelengths, and creating composite false-colour images. Cyan denotes 70 microns and red 160 microns emission.
Credits: ESA and the SPIRE consortium
04/10/2009, 19:33
05/10/2009, 09:03
05/10/2009, 10:37
cagliari79 ha scritto:
beh, direi che c'è una notevole differenza da Spitzer e Herscel
ma spitzer lo continueranno a usare o verrà "demolito"?
20/01/2010, 10:41
20/01/2010, 19:57
ESA ha scritto:
Herschel readies itself for the Orion Nebula
19 January 2010 ESA’s Herschel observatory is back to full operation following the reactivation of its HIFI instrument. HIFI, having been offline for 160 days while engineers investigated an unexpected problem in the electronic system, is now perfectly placed to resume its study of forming stars and planets.
Read more: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Herschel/SEMWIOOJH4G_0.html
13/04/2010, 12:58
15/04/2010, 13:49