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Studies of planetary nebulae with SOFIA: Current and future prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2012

Ravi Sankrit
Ravi Sankrit*
Affiliation:
SOFIA Science Center/USRA
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Abstract

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The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is introduced, its basic properties are presented, and the relevance of the observatory to Planetary Nebula studies is described.

Keywords

space vehiclestelescopes
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S283: Planetary Nebulae: An Eye to the Future , July 2011 , pp. 496 - 497
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

References

SOFIA Project Science Vision Team, 2009, The Science Vision for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SciVis2009)Google Scholar