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The COSMOS field as viewed by Herschel


Date: 13 September 2011
Satellite: Herschel
Depicts: The COSMOS field
Copyright: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/PEP Key Programme consortium/Dieter Lutz

This image shows a composite, three-colour view of the COSMOS field, obseerved with Spitzer/MIPS at 24 micron (blue) and with Herschel/PACS at 100 micron (green) and 160 micron (red), and based on 197 hours of integration.

The field size is 2 degrees × 2 degrees, corresponding to roughly 20 times the area of the Full Moon; North is up and East to the left.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
10-Jun-2026 15:05 UT

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