Planck

Mission Characteristics

Description: Planck is a third generation space based cosmic microwave background experiment, operating at nine frequencies between 30 and 857 GHz
Lifetime: May 2009 - present
Wavelength: 350 µm - 1 cm
Area Coverage: All Sky
Instruments:
  • High Frequency Instrument (HFI), 350 µm - 3 mm
  • Low Frequency Instrument (LFI), 4 mm - 1 cm
Science Products Generated: Early Release Compact Source Catalog
Releases:
Funding Agency: Planck is an ESA mission with significant NASA involvement.
Canonical Paper: Planck Collaboration (2011c)

IRSA Services

NASA Planck Archive Visualization and enhanced access to the Early Release Compact Source Catalog.
Catalog Query Alternate access to the ERCSC through IRSA's Catalog Search service.
Download Planck ESZ Download the Planck Early Sunyaev Zeldovich Cluster sample.
Download Planck ECC Download the Planck Early Cold Core sample.
Download Planck ERCSC-V1.3,ESZ and ECC

Download Planck ERCSC-V1.2,ESZ and ECC

Download the ERCSC ESZ and ECC as one tarball.
Planck ERCSC Explanatory Supplement Documentation for the ERCSC.

Other Resources:

ESA Planck Archive
ESA Planck Data Center
NASA/US Planck Data Center