Stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy (SOFIA)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3354, Issue , 1998, Pages 922-929

  Becklin, Eric E ^a   Casey, Sean C ^b   Davidson, Jackie A ^b   Savage, Maureen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne astronomy; Infrared astronomy; Instrumentation; Operations; Submillimeter astronomy; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE ASTRONOMY; INFRARED ASTRONOMY; INSTRUMENTATION; OPERATIONS; SUBMILLIMETER ASTRONOMY;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT; ASTROPHYSICS; BOLOMETERS; BUILDINGS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; TELESCOPES;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 0442318956     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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