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The original Planck spectrum

Image spectrum

FIRAS produced this perfect picture of the spectrum. The experimental points are shown with their error bars and the solid curve is the theoretical curve at the temperature $T=2.725$K. We all live within a cold photon gas.

The 2006 Physics Nobel has been awarded to the leaders of the COBE project.



Urjit A Yajnik 2006-10-07