FLITECAM, a 1-5 micron camera and spectrometer for SOFIA

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6269 III, Issue , 2006, Pages

  McLean, Ian S ^a   Smith, Erin C ^a   Aliado, T ^a   Brims, G ^a   Kress, E ^a   Magnone, K ^a   Milburn, J ^a   Oldag, A ^a   Silvers, T ^a   Skulason, G ^a   Becklin, Eric E ^b   Shuping, Ralph Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne astronomy; Infrared instrumentation; SOFIA

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE ASTRONOMY; DATA REDUCTION PIPELINE (DRP); INFRARED ASTRONOMY; NITROGEN CRYOSTAT; REFRACTIVE OPTICS; STRATOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY;

ASTRONOMY; CRYOSTATS; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

CAMERAS;

EID: 33749352711     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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