Konwersatorium im. Leopolda Infelda
Nowa Auli (425), ul. Hoża 69
2011-03-17 (15:30) 
Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof M. Gorski (Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Warsaw University Observatory)
Satellite Mission Planck: Description, Scientific Goals, and Early Results
Since August 2009 Planck has been observing the sky at frequencies from 30 to 857 GHz, measuring its principal target - the cosmic microwave background, but also everything else in the universe that radiates at these frequencies. I will describe the design and scientific goals of the mission, and the first scientific results from Planck, presented in Jan. 2011, covering a wide range of galactic and extragalactic astrophysics.