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Tag Archives: FORCAST
My Flight on SOFIA Part 2: Westward Leg
In my previous post, I wrote about the first half of our flight aboard SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, on the evening of June 25-26, 2013. We took off from the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility near Palmdale, CA … Continue reading
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Tagged beta pegasi, chopping and nodding, dryden aircraft operations center, ds9, fits file, FORCAST, grism, h-II region, hyperbolic mirror, infrared telescope, interstellar medium, m16, messier 16, nasa data formats, ngc 7538, nod and chop, pah, palmdale california, parabolic mirror, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, proto-star, proto-stellar jet, protostar, sheat, SOFIA, star formation, star jet, stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy, vignetting, young stellar object, yso
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Flying on SOFIA Part 1: Briefing, Take-Off, and Eastward Leg
As stated in previous posts, I was chosen along with Carolyn Bushman of Wendover Jr/Sr. High School to fly on SOFIA as Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors. On the evening of June 25-26, 2013 our dreams and preparation finally paid off as … Continue reading
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Tagged 747sp, airborne astronomy ambassadors, alpha bootes, arcturus, calibration, cepheus a, daof, dryden aircraft operations facility, flight path, FORCAST, grism, infrared astronomy, ngc 7129, palmdale california, SOFIA, stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy, tania australis
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SOFIA Instruments and Operations
In order to be on vampire time for tonight’s flight, we were encouraged to stay up as late as possible last night and sleep in this morning. I got up to eat breakfast about 7:00, then went back to sleep … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, bolometer, coating mirrors, daof, dryden aircraft operations facility, exes, fifi-ls, flitecam, FORCAST, german receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies, hawc, hipo, infrared, SOFIA, stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy, vapor deposition
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Meeting SOFIA
Today I got to finally meet SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. I was selected as an Airborne Astronomy Ambassador (AAA) for SOFIA in January, 2012, and this week I will be at Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility (DAOF) … Continue reading
The Spaced-Out Classroom 