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    The Herschel Space Observatory was a space observatory built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA). It was active from 2009 to 2013, and was...
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    Pillars of Creation (category Hubble Space Telescope images)
    rephotographed by ESA's Herschel Space Observatory in 2011, again by Hubble in 2014 with a newer camera, and the James Webb Space Telescope in 2022. Released...
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    detection was made by using the far-infrared abilities of the Herschel Space Observatory. The finding is unexpected because comets, not asteroids, are...
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  • infrared observatories in space, including the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Herschel Space Observatory, and more recently the James Webb Space Telescope...
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    on La Palma The Herschel Space Observatory, successfully launched by the European Space Agency on 14 May 2009. It was the largest space telescope of its...
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  • Kingdom Herschel Space Observatory, operated by the European Space Agency Herschel wedge, an optical prism used in solar observation Herschel's Garnet...
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    This list of space telescopes (astronomical space observatories) is grouped by major frequency ranges: gamma ray, x-ray, ultraviolet, visible, infrared...
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    Hubble or JWST, was the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory, launched on May 14, 2009. Like JWST, Herschel was not designed to be serviced...
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    the observatory. VLBI: Telescopes in different countries are linked together for better resolution ("sharper images"). ALMA, e-VLBI, Herschel Space Observatory...
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  • Retrieved November 26, 2014. ESA (January 9, 2013). "Herschel intercepts asteroid Apophis". European Space Agency (ESA). Retrieved January 9, 2013. "99942...
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    Chandra X-ray Observatory (X-ray) XMM-Newton (an X-ray telescope belonging to the European Space Agency) The Herschel Space Observatory (an infrared telescope...
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    largest mirror on any telescope outside Earth orbit, though the Herschel Space Observatory took this title a few months later. Its telescope has a 115 deg2...
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    Cassini–Huygens, Cluster, Exomars, Gaia, Herschel Space Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, ISO, INTEGRAL, IUE, James Webb Space Telescope, LISA Pathfinder, Mars...
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    the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2017. "JPL: Herschel Space Observatory: Related Missions". NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Goddard Flight...
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    orbiter), Rosetta (mission to comet), Venus Express (Venus orbiter), Herschel Space Observatory (investigation of the coldest and most distant objects in the...
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    end of August 2005. The European Space Agency launched a space-based mission known as the Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and...
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    Herschel. The mission development relies on the identification of primary science drivers to establish the technical requirements for the observatory...
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    Spitzer Space Telescope, 2003-2020 Herschel Space Observatory, 2009-2013 Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), 2009- Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope...
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    (SVM) was designed and built by Thales Alenia Space in its Turin plant, for both the Herschel Space Observatory and Planck missions, combined into one single...
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  • Thumbnail for 2060 Chiron
    about 180 km. Combined data from the Spitzer Space Telescope in 2007 and the Herschel Space Observatory in 2011 suggests that Chiron is 218±20 km in diameter...
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    clouds visible. Orion A seen by ESA's Herschel Space Observatory Orion B seen by ESA's Herschel Space Observatory The Lambda Orionis ring seen by NASA's...
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  • northern hemisphere Far Infrared and Sub-millimetre Telescope of the Herschel Space Observatory For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, an...
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    These arrays were developed for the SPIRE instrument on the Herschel Space Observatory. The project is carried out by a multi-university consortium headed...
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    Based upon infrared observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Herschel Space Observatory, OTS 44 emits an excess of infrared radiation for...
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    orbiting the host star at a distance of 4.3 AU. In 2010, the Herschel Space Observatory, a telescope with a comparatively superior spatial resolution...
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  • Photodetecting Array Camera and Spectrometer, an instrument of the Herschel Space Observatory PACs is the plural of PAC; for example: Political action committees...
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  • Thumbnail for Comet Hale–Bopp
    still active as indicated by the detection of the CO-driven coma. Herschel Space Observatory images taken in 2010 suggest comet Hale–Bopp is covered in a fresh...
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    Faulkes Telescope North (category Astronomical observatories in Hawaii)
    the defunct Herschel Space Observatory. List of largest optical reflecting telescopes Faulkes Telescope South Liverpool Telescope Herschel seen by Faulkes...
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    "ESA launches Herschel and Planck space telescopes". BBC. Retrieved 10 November 2011. IRTF homepage JPL: Herschel Space Observatory: Related Missions...
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  • Origins theme: the Herschel Space Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope (HST), James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy...
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