The event will take place at Space Expo, at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands on 6 May. Doors open at 11:30 am. The media day is organised in connection with the Herschel First Results Symposium at ESTEC.
The media day will concentrate on the unprecedented study of star formation that Herschel is making in our Galaxy and across the Universe. Until now, the initial stages of star birth have largely been shrouded in darkness, obscured by the thick clouds of dust and gas that incubate the youngest stars. Herschel sees through these clouds, revealing the dark side of star formation in unique detail. To highlight these results, new images from across the Universe will be released on the day.
By revealing these formation events, Herschel is showing us what might have happened in our own part of space almost 5 billion years ago, when the Sun, Earth and the other planets of our Solar System began to form.
Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009 and began viewing the sky a month later. Initial observations from the demonstration phase were presented at a workshop on 17-18 December 2009. Then the main scientific observations began.
Also known as ESLAB 2010, The Herschel First Results Symposium is the first major scientific meeting to present Herschel’s results. It will run 4-7 May in the ESTEC Conference Centre.
More details of the ESLAB Symposium can be found here [http://www.congrex.nl/10A10/].
Media representatives wishing to attend the event are requested to fill in the accreditation form (right hand navigation bar) and return it to the ESTEC Communication Office by 3 May.
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| • | Herschel: ESA's giant infrared observatory (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Herschel/index.html) |
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More on Herschel First Results
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| • | Herschel overview (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Herschel/index.html) |
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| • | Notes to editors (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMTP7KPO8G_index_0.html) |
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| • | Online Showcase of Herschel Images OSHI (http://oshi.esa.int/) |
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Herschel on YouTube
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| • |  Inside Herschel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9_VBKn8Jq4 &feature=PlayList &p=CD471914889C152B &index=1) |
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| • | Herschel mission objectives (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyEpV1_CH4w &feature=PlayList &p=CD471914889C152B &index=5) |
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Related articles
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| • | Herschel spots comet massacre around nearby star (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM1XBHWP0H_index_0.html) |
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| • | Fledgling stars flicker in the heart of Orion (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMXRL4Y1ZG_index_0.html) |
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| • | A New View of an Icon (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMG4NMXDXG_index_0.html) |
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| • | Herschel and Planck win the French Grand Prix (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMARKPK2AG_index_0.html) |
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| • | Herschel finds a hole in space (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMFEAKPO8G_index_0.html) |
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| • | Herschel reveals the hidden side of star birth (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM7N7KPO8G_index_0.html) |
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| • | Herschel takes the temperature of an interstellar cloud (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMMZ9KPO8G_index_0.html) |
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| • | Tracing the Milky Way’s hidden reservoirs of gas (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMJ0AKPO8G_index_0.html) |
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| • | Herschel resolves the cosmic infrared fog (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMO1AKPO8G_index_0.html) |
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| • | Baby stars in the Rosette cloud (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMWQ59MT7G_index_0.html) |
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| • | Inside the dark heart of the Eagle (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMT0T9K73G_index_0.html) |
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| • | Herschel views deep-space pearls on a cosmic string (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMUABGNA0G_index_0.html) |
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| • | Herschel and Planck pass in-orbit 'exam' (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Herschel/SEM778E3GXF_0.html) |
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| • | Herschel images promise bright future (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMAYT6CTWF_index_0.html) |
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| • | Herschel’s daring test: a glimpse of things to come (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM76A0P0WF_index_0.html) |
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| • | Herschel cryocover is open (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMR943XTVF_index_0.html) |
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Read more
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| • | Observations: Seeing in infrared wavelengths (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMS72T1VED_index_0.html) |
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| • | Why infrared astronomy is a hot topic (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMX9PZO4HD_index_0.html) |
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| • | L2, the second Lagrangian Point (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMO4QS1VED_index_0.html) |
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In depth
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| • | This article in depth (http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=50252) |
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| • | Herschel in depth (http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=16) |
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| • | Herschel first science results in depth (http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=46985) |
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| • | Herschel Science Centre (http://herschel.esac.esa.int/) |
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