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Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2006

E. E. Becklin
E. E. Becklin
Affiliation:
University of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90095 USA email: becklin@astro.ucla.edu
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Abstract

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The joint U.S. and German SOFIA project to develop and operate a 2.5-meter infrared airborne telescope in a Boeing 747-SP is now in the final stages of development. First science flights will begin in 2008. The observatory is expected to operate for over 20 years. The sensitivity, characteristics, science instrument complement, and examples of 1-st light spectroscopic astrochemistry science are discussed.

Keywords

airborne astronomy — astrochemistry — infrared: sub-millimeter
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Symposium S231: Astrochemistry: Recent Successes and Current Challenges , August 2005 , pp. 323 - 324
Copyright
2006 International Astronomical Union