Planck Sees Perseus

Planck_planck10-002c_1024

planck_planck10-002c April 26th, 2010

Credit: ESA/LFI & HFI Consortia

A low activity, star-formation region in the constellation Perseus, as seen by Planck. This long-wavelength image covers a square region of 13 by 13 degrees (which is equivalent 26 by 26 full moons). It is a three-color combination constructed from three of Planck's nine frequency channels: 30, 353 and 857 gigahertz.

Planck is measuring the sky at nine wavelengths of light, three of which are shown here.

Provider: Planck

Image Source: http://planck.ipac.caltech.edu/image/planck10-002c

Curator: NASA Planck Science Center, Pasadena, CA, USA

Image Use Policy: Public Domain

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Image Type
Observation
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Interstellar Medium

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Planck Millimeter 350.0 µm
Green Planck Millimeter 850.0 µm
Red Planck Millimeter 10.0 mm
Spectrum_ir2
Blue
Green
Red
Planck_planck10-002c_1280
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ID
planck10-002c
Subject Category
B.4.1.1  
Subject Name
Credits
ESA/LFI & HFI Consortia
Release Date
2010-04-26
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://planck.ipac.caltech.edu/image/planck10-002c
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Planck, Planck, Planck
Instrument
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Millimeter, Millimeter, Millimeter
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
350000, 850000, 10000000
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NASA Planck Science Center
URL
http://planck.ipac.caltech.edu
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
1200 E. California Blvd.
City
Pasadena
State/Province
CA
Postal Code
91125
Country
USA
Rights
Public Domain
Publisher
Publisher ID
planck
Resource ID
Resource URL
http://planck.ipac.caltech.edu/system/avm_image_sqls/binaries/15/original/planck10-002c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2018-06-20T23:57:32Z
Metadata Version
1.2
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