Welcome to our Support Group webpage
Many Canadian astronomers are involved with Herschel,
a space observatory for far infrared and submillimeter wavelengths. Herschel is a cornerstone mission of the
European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian participation in this
mission is managed through the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
NASA is also a partner in Herschel and
maintains a Herschel webpage as well. Herschel was launched
on May 14, 2009.
Canadians participated in building two of the three instruments that Herschel carries:
SPIRE
(Spectral and Photmetric Imaging Receiver) a bolometer "camera" and fourier transform spectrometer,
and HIFI (Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared),
a high resolution spectrometer. The third instrument on Herschel is
PACS (Photoconductor Array Camera), an imaging photometer or an integral
field spectrometer.
At University of Waterloo, our group provides support for HIFI to Canadian astronomers. Please
do not hesitate to contact us!
Important message:
The HIFI Team will be present at the next CASCA Meeting in Calgary for a special Herschel Workshop. We will be happy to help you with your requests. See you there!
New:
HIPE-8.2.0 now available!
Accepted AO-2 (GT-2 and OT-2) Proposals!
Of interest:
Herschel finds first evidence of Earth-like water in comet - Nature Letter 2011
In-orbit Performance of Herschel-HIFI
A&A January 2012, Vol 537