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HerMES first major data release

A patch of sky in the constellation of Boötes, one of 13 maps released as part of the HerMES data relase. Image credit: ESA/Herschel/SPIRE/HerMES consortium

The HerMES team are very pleased to announce their first major data release, DR1.This release includes sky maps and object catalogues made with the SPIRE instrument.

See full data release

See the Guardian's 'A Month in Space'  picture feature

See further details about the Bootes field

Read The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey: HerMES

This data release follows two early data releases (July 2010 and  September 2011) which were limited to the brightest catalogued sources  over a smaller range of fields.

For more information see the main HerMES webpage and the HerMES data release website.


By: Justine Charles
Last updated: Monday, 18 June 2012

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