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v19 April 17, 2009

Below is the 18th SOFIA Electronic Newsletter to the astronomical community.You'll find related images and video linked below. Previous newsletter editions are here. Please email comments and/or inquiries to sofia@sofia.usra.edu.

Regards and best wishes,

There will be a tour of the SOFIA Airborne Observatory on Sunday, June 7, 2009, starting at 9:00 a.m.

The tour will be followed by a workshop, "Early Science Opportunities with SOFIA IV", starting at 2:30 p.m. in the Monterey Room of the Pasadena Hilton.

SOFIA TOUR AGENDA

9:00 a.m.: Tour departs Pasadena Convention Center

10:00 a.m.: Tour of SOFIA

Noon: Box lunch

1:00 p.m.: Depart Palmdale for Pasadena

2:00 p.m.: Tour returns to Pasadena Convention Center

SOFIA EARLY SCIENCE IV WORKSHOP AGENDA

2:30 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday June 7, in the Monterey Room of the Pasadena Hilton.

The workshop is being organized by Bob Gehrz of U. Minnesota and Tom Roellig of NASA-Ames.

2:30 p.m. Opening remarks
Bob Gehrz

2:40 p.m. SOFIA Project Status
Tom Roellig

3:10 p.m. SOFIA Science Vision Report as a proposal template
Eric Becklin

3:30 p.m. Proposal process update for early science and GO programs
B-G Andersson

4:00 p.m. The SOFIA New Instrumentation Program
presenter TBD

4:30 p.m. Feedback and questions from the community
Bob Gehrz

5:00 p.m. Adjourn

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