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Planck Satellite Releases First Images

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-can-see-my-house-from-here dept.

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!"

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  1. Re:W00T! by Thanshin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fucking excellent.

    stds, not so good.

  2. Re:W00T! by commodore64_love · · Score: 3, Funny

    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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  3. English and French Images by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  4. Am I hopelessly geeky... by russotto · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...if my first thought was "Planck? That's an awfully small satellite."

  5. Re:English and French by Chris+Burke · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's the difference between an English image and a French image?

    The French images are red-shifted.

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  6. Image*s*??? by 3waygeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd expect the Planck satellite to provide just one very small constant image.