The top panel shows compact sources of
submillimetre radiation detected by APEX as part of the ATLASGAL survey, combined with complementary data from ESA's Planck satellite, to capture more extended features.
This is known as millimetre and
submillimetre radiation, a subset of radio waves.
The JCMT is the largest single - dish telescope in the world dedicated to detecting
submillimetre radiation.
These molecules emit characteristic
submillimetre radiation patterns when they rotate.
Not exact matches
This
radiation was stretched to longer wavelengths as space itself expanded, and by the time it reached Earth — and Herschel — it was in the far - infrared and
submillimetre range.