Herschel Telescope Coming Alive


	Herschel Telescope Coming Alive

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6-15-2009 10:42 PM

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The removal of the cover protecting the instruments from contamination is the first major milestone for the telescope, the BBC reported.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Herschel_hatch_cover_opens_999.html">The Herschel space telescope, launched in May by the European Space Agency, opened its protective hatch Sunday</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Herschel_hatch_cover_opens_999.html"><P>
"We need the lid open or we can't see the sky, so it's a really important event," said Matt Griffin, a scientist involved with the project.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Herschel_hatch_cover_opens_999.html"><P>
The instruments remained sealed inside a cryostat, or super-cold, chamber while Herschel was still in contact with Earth's atmosphere. ESA technicians sent the command Sunday to fire two bolts, allowing light from the telescope mirror to reach the instruments.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Herschel_hatch_cover_opens_999.html"><P>
The Herschel's mission is to study the birth and evolution of galaxies and stars. The first images from the telescope are expected to be made public in several weeks.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0CFC2CC2-5518-4EB3-B3DC-F05FAAB38EC4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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