MESS Herschel Data
You can get a close-up map of a region by clicking on any area in red on the above image, or by typing a coordinate below.
Herschel data from the "Mass-loss of Evolved StarS" (MESS) Guaranteed-Time Key Program are available here. IRSA is serving the MESS PACS imaging of 108 evolved stars. This is Herschel program KPGT_mgroen01_1.
The sample of AGB stars has been selected to cover all chemical types (M-, S-, C-stars), variability types (irregular, semi-regular, Miras) and periods, and mass-loss rates. Stars have been selected to have high IRAS fluxes and low background levels.
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There are several search options:
  • Use the form below to enter a coordinate or object name.
  • Click within a red region of the image above.
  • Browse the MESS target list.
  • Download all of the MESS data (6.5 GB).
The canonical paper for MESS is Groenewegen et al. (2011).
Access other Herschel datasets at IRSA.
Click here for more information and instructions on using Atlas Instructions
Also available is a Program Interface to Atlas.
Target Selection Single Object
(Name or Coords)
Table Upload
(Multi Object) Instructions 		 
Size (deg):
[maximum 12.5]		 Images must cover coordinate
Source Search Radius:
[maximum 6.25 deg]		 Search Whole Region
Coordinate Examples:
  • 211.3148168 -76.7995381 eq
  • 139.58405426 45.41325214 ga
  • 302.43145287 -8.89317466 ecl
  • NGC6543
Default: Equatorial J2000