SOFIA at the 212th AAS Meeting
Event date
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Speaker
SOFIA staff
Location
St. Louis, MO
Event Type
Workshop
The June 1 AAS SOFIA workshop will also include information regarding the first two SOFIA general calls for observing proposals, aimed at: (1) the "Short Science" program, in which 1-2 projects will receive approximately 3 flights each using either a mid-IR camera or a far-IR / sub-mm spectrograph. A "Dear Colleague" letter inviting participation in Short Science will be issued in the summer of 2008; and (2) the "Basic Science" program in which 1-2 projects will receive approximately 10 flights each during a period of 1-2 months; the call for SOFIA Basic Science proposals will be issued at the end of 2008.