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First Light SOFIA Instruments
Alfred Krabbe, Sean C. Casey
The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy SOFIA will become operational with the next two years. It will be the biggest astronomical airborne observatory ever build, com…
VLT-detection of two edge-on Circumstellar Disks in the rho Oph dark cloud
W. Brandner, S. Sheppard, H. Zinnecker +7
Observations of the rho Ophiuchi star forming region with VLT ANTU and ISAAC under 0.35" seeing conditions reveal two bipolar reflection nebulosities intersected by central dust la…
LISA A low Resolution MIR /FIR Imaging Spectrograph for SOFIA
Alfred Krabbe, Juergen Wolf
LISA is a proposed low resolution (R~15-30) imaging spectrometer for SOFIA, the American-German Stratospheric Observatory for Far Infrared Astronomy. Covering the wavelength range…
SOFIA Astronomy and Technology in the 21st Century
Alfred Krabbe, Hans-Peter Roeser
SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy mounted on-board a Boeing 747SP will open a new era in MIR/FIR astronomy. Starting in 2002, SOFIA will offer German and…