APOD 1.7

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Herschel Views the Milky Way

This picture was taken with a 3.5 meter mirror telescope. This telescope is larger than the Hubble Space Telescope. This telescope,Herschel ESA, is the fourth cornerstone mission in the European Space Agency (ESA) science programme. This telescope was named after Frederick Herschel, a German British astronomer. Over 200 years ago he discovered infrared light. This light is used to show the spectacular view along the Milky Way. This telescope was designed to observe the mysteries of star formation with the surveying broad areas of the galactic plane.