Herschel's First Science Results, Eagle Nebula

davecl writes "Over the next three days, many new science results will come out from Herschel. The first of these, a view deep inside the stellar nursery of the Eagle Nebula, finds a huge amount of activity, revealing new stars and filaments of dust that could not have been detected by previous telescopes. Also open today is OSHI, the online showcase of Herschel images where all the new science images will be found. Herschel news also available on the Herschel Mission Blog."

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Bought My Kids A Telescope For Christmas

[quangdog]

I'm not much of an astronomy geek, but I bought a telescope for my kids for Christmas - and can't wait to haul it out into the backyard and see the wonder in their eyes when they first get to see what is really out there. I also think it's great that we have such easy and ready access to the images produced by Herschel.

Anyone have any recommendations for what I ought to show my 6, 4, and 3 year old in the night sky? We're in the pacific northwest of the US.

Re:Bought My Kids A Telescope For Christmas

[ArcherB]

Who knew? Bad Analogy guy has kids!