ESA Science & Technology - Herschel: the first science highlights (Astronomy & Astrophysics special feature)

Publication date: 17 July 2010

Journal: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume: 518
Year: 2010

Volume 518 of Astronomy & Astrophysics is a special feature devoted to the first science results obtained with Herschel, an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA. It includes 152 articles dealing with various subjects based on the first few months of science observing. A few papers describe the observatory and its instruments, and the rest are dedicated to observations of many astronomical targets from bodies in the Solar System to distant galaxies.