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Herschel Cryostat and IR source


Date: 19 October 2006
Satellite: Herschel
Location: Clean room, ESTEC test centre, Noordwijk
Copyright: ESA

Close-up view of the Herschel cryostat with the infrared source (top right) used for generating blackbody radiation to allow the measurement of the level of straylight detected by SPIRE.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
23-Jan-2026 23:35 UT

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