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Hot IR Blackbody Source


Date: 17 October 2006
Satellite: Herschel
Location: Clean room, ESTEC test centre, Noordwijk
Copyright: ESA

Infrared hot blackbody radiation source mounted on the Herschel cryostat for testing the level of straylight detected by SPIRE. The shutter panel is slid open, revealing the LOU windows (line of blue holes on the left).
Last Update: 1 September 2019
22-Jan-2026 13:47 UT

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