SOFIA: The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy

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Dec 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990liaco..29..135h&link_type=abstract

In ESA, From Ground-Based to Space-Borne Sub-mm Astronomy p 135-139 (SEE N91-21986 13-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Airborne Equipment, Astronomical Observatories, Infrared Astronomy, Stratosphere Radiation, Telescopes, Apertures, Boeing 747 Aircraft, International Cooperation, United States, West Germany

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SOFIA, an airborne observatory intended to be carried aboard a Boeing 747 high performance aircraft, is described. The observatory is predicted to provide a threefold greater aperture than that of the Kuiper telescope. The Boeing aircraft will carry the 2.5 diameter telescope and its observers to altitudes of 14,000 and above where the atmosphere is very nearly transparent at all wavelengths. Various aspects and specific missions of the SOFIA project, a cooperative venture of the U.S. and Germany, are described.

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