SOFIA observatory / Cornell University / Lowell Observatory / Kuiper Airborne Observatory / German SOFIA Institute / SETI Institute / NASA’s Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility / NASA Ames Research Center / /
IndustryTerm
low gas density / Focal-plane technology / software controls / spectral energy distribution maxima / encircled energy / ionized gas / imaging / /
Organization
SOFIA Science Center / UCLA / DLR / SOFIA Telescope Assembly / NASA Ames Research Center / Universities Space Research Association / SETI Institute / German SOFIA Institute / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / German Aerospace Center / Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie / Cornell University / Astronomical Society of the Pacific / /
Person
I. Rolf Güsten / Max Planck / I. Terry Herter / Tom Tschida / I. Ted Dunham / /
Position
U.S.-based General / Principal Investigator / Director / General Investigator / NAME Principal Investigator / SOFIA General Investigator / Infrared Astronomy U.S. Principal Investigator / /
SOFIA S O F I A Pe r fo r m a n c e C h a ra c t e r i s t i c s Figure 4: Angular Resolution Figure 5: Spectral Resolution