Methanol emission peaks in cold gas, offset from protostellar activity, can be useful as signposts of recent ice mantle desorption. For the first time we detected water towards such a position and request DDT to maximize scientific value of the detection.
Publication
Cold Water Vapor in the Barnard 5 Molecular Cloud | Wirstrom E. S. et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 788 Issue 2 article id. L32 5 pp. (2014). | 788 | 10.1088\\/2041-8205\\/788\\/2\\/L32 | 2014ApJ...788L..32W | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...788L..32W
Instrument
HIFI_HifiPoint_pos
Temporal Coverage
2013-03-07T22:02:47Z/2013-03-08T00:25:01Z
Version
SPG v14.1.0
Mission Description
Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009! It is the fourth cornerstone mission in the ESA science programme. With a 3.5 m Cassegrain telescope it is the largest space telescope ever launched. It is performing photometry and spectroscopy in approximately the 55-671 µm range, bridging the gap between earlier infrared space missions and groundbased facilities.
European Space Agency, wirstrom et al., 2013, 'Cold interstellar water - fresh off the grains', SPG v14.1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-hzqsxls