SCUBA-2 submillimetre camera sees first light
Last updated on Wed, 2012-01-11 17:03 
A composite image of the Whirlpool Galaxy (also known as M51). The green image is from the Hubble Space Telescope and shows the optical wavelength. The submillimetre light detected by SCUBA-2 is shown in red (0.85 mm) and blue (0.45 mm). The Whirlpool Galaxy lies at an estimated distance of 31 million light years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. SCUBA-2 detects the warm glow from dust in the dark regions along the spiral arms where new stars are being born. Photo Credit: Joint Astronomy Centre, University of British Columbia and NASA/HST/STScI
SCUBA-2 was built in collaboration with Canadian, U.S. and Dutch scientists. The UBC team, which also includes P&A professors Mark Halpern and Douglas Scott postdoctoral research associate Ed Chapin, software engineer Andy Gibb, electronics engineer Mandana Amiri and graduate students Todd Mackenzie and Viktoria Asboth
See UBC Press Release for further details and the astro's group site for some pictures.
