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SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy

FORCAST : F aint O bject Infra- R ed CA mera for SOFIA T elescope. SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy. -- Nirbhik Chitrakar Dr. Luke D. Keller. SOFIA- Largest Airbone Observatory. FORCAST. Being built and tested at Cornell. Schematic Description. Detector Array.

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SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy

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  1. FORCAST: Faint Object Infra-Red CAmera for SOFIATelescope SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy -- Nirbhik Chitrakar Dr. Luke D. Keller

  2. SOFIA- Largest Airbone Observatory

  3. FORCAST • Being built and tested at Cornell

  4. Schematic Description Detector Array Star Telescope Slit Grism My Software Data Reduction Data Extraction Spectrum 2-D Data

  5. Accomplishments and Future Works • Software has gone through preliminary design review at NASA and passed. • Future works include additional features and integration with DRIP (Data Reduction and Interactive Pipeline).

  6. Acknowledgements Special thanks to: Dr. Luke D. Keller, Ithaca College FORCAST Team -*- End -*-

  7. Why SOFIA? ●Cheaper than space based observatory ● Mobility

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