PACS: Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer

PACS is one of the three scientific instruments on board the Herschel Space Observatory.

Instrument Information

• Instrument Description
• PACS Overview (ESA)
• Photometer:
• Fact Sheet (ESA)
• QuickStart Guide (ESA)
• Spectrometer:
• Fact Sheet (ESA)
• QuickStart Guide (ESA)
• PACS Instrument and Calibration Twiki (ESA)
• Full PACS Legacy Documentation (ESA)

Coverage Plots

• Herschel Observations: HIFI, PACS, SPIRE, and SPIRE-PACS-Parallel (PDF)
• Find how the PACS observations fit into the overall coverage

PACS Data Processing

• NHSC Online Tutorials for PACS Pipelines: self-help guides
• PACS Data Reduction Guide: HIPE 13 Photometry (ESA)
• PACS Data Reduction Guide: HIPE 13 Spectrometry (ESA)
• PACS Observer's Manual (PDF)

Useful Links

• HIPE Developer Versions Relevant to PACS and Known Issues (ESA)
• A Guide to the PACS Calibration Framework: updated July 2011 (PDF)