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Planck Satellite Releases First Images
davecl writes "The Planck Satellite has released its first images. These are from the 'First Look Survey' and show a strip of the sky scanned at a range of radio and submillimetre wavelengths. The results are already better than what was seen by the previous microwave background satellite, WMAP. More details and images available in English and French. The Planck Mission Blog contains more details of the project and continuing coverage. I maintain the mission blog but even I am impressed with these first images!"
Fucking excellent.
stds, not so good.
I don't even know what I'm looking at. It looks like something I could have made with my Commodore Amiga.
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I don't even know what I'm looking at.
Were you accidentally looking at the French images? Try the English ones and see if that helps.
...if my first thought was "Planck? That's an awfully small satellite."
During one of the wars that the French fought against the British, the French just happened to capture a British Major.
An officer brought the Major to the French General for interrogation.
The French General began ridiculing the Major for wearing "that stupid red tunic."
The French General said,
"Why to you wear that red uniform, it makes it easy for us to shoot you."
The British major replied,
"If I do get wounded, the blood will not show, and my soldiers will not get scared."
The French general said,
"That is a very good idea,"
The French General then turned to his orderly and said,
"From now on all French officers will wear brown pants."
What's the difference between an English image and a French image?
The French images are red-shifted.
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I'd expect the Planck satellite to provide just one very small constant image.