Grundy Observatory, Franklin and Marshall College) and Backman (
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy [SOFIA], the SETI [Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence] Institute, and NASA Ames Research Center) update again their introductory textbook most recently published in 2008 and 2011.
Washington, Jan 9 ( ANI ): Researchers have captured new images of a ring of gas and dust seven light-years in diameter surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, using the
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
Featuring a 2.5-meter telescope nearly five times the size of ISO's, the
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is housed permanently in an airplane that will cruise 45,000 feet above Earth.
The House would terminate the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) and would reduce funding for the
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
The Astronomy Educator/Program Manager will participate in NASA's
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, which will become a flying classroom for educators in the next few months.
The
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, was significantly modified in order to mount a 2.5-meter reflecting telescope in the rear fuselage, said Senior Research Associate Paul Harvey of CU-Boulder's Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy.