Infrared Astronomy – Seeing the Heat: from William Herschel to the Herschel Space Observatory

Finding the Heat Introduction William Herschel Discovers the Infrared The Electromagnetic Spectrum Thermal Radiation Emission Lines Telescopes, Backgrounds, and the Atmosphere Feeling the Heat Introduction: The Pastie Detector The History of Astronomy is the History of Detection Eyeballs to Chips Into the Infrared Longer Wavelengths The Enemy: What Gets in the Way Local Heat Introduction: Observing SL9 at Calar Alto Planets Asteroids Comets Interplanetary Dust Heat of the Stars Introduction The Main Sequence Remnants of Planet Formation Ageing Stars: Mass Loss Stellar Death Supernovae Young Heat Introduction Star Formation: Background Star Forming Regions Young Stellar Objects Planet Formation Distant Heat Introduction: The Mauna Kea Experience Next-Door Neighbours The Normal Universe The AGN Connection The IRAS Revolution Ancient Heat Introduction: Launch Day Galaxy Evolution The Cosmic Infrared Background Searches for Distant ULIRGs The Herschel Revolution First Heat Introduction The Early History of the Universe Making and Finding the CMB Sound in the Darkness The Planck Revolution Future Heat Introduction: SPICA, the Early Days What Remains to be Done JWST Euclid SPICA Further in the Future Endnotes