[mmaimcal] SOFIA Basic Science call postponed

[Al Wootten]

This e-mail is intended to inform you that the formal release of the 
Call for Proposals for Basic Science observations with the Stratospheric 
Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has been postponed until 
April 19, 2010. The deadline for responding to the call will be July 2, 
2010.

The Basic Science program will consist of about 75 hours of on-sky 
exposure with either the FORCAST mid-infrared camera or the GREAT 
sub-millimeter heterodyne spectrometer. The observing time is expected 
to take place during a 2-3 month interval within the time period of 
March 1 through August 31, 2011.

While the formal call will be released on April 19, 2010, the majority 
of the documents needed to consider observational possibilities and 
constraints can be found at: 
http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Science/proposals/basic_science

Those documents include a pre-release version of the call document, the 
SOFIA Observers' Handbook for Early Science, the Early Science 
Calibration Plan, exposure estimation tools and tutorials. The "Reserved 
Observations Catalogs" for the two instruments (Call for Proposals, 
Appendix A) will be available at time of the formal release of the call.

Proposals are invited from the world scientific community. Successful 
proposers with U.S. professional affiliations will be eligible to 
receive funding to support the acquisition, analysis and publication of 
the Basic Science data, at a level consistent with other NASA-sponsored 
observing programs.

Please direct questions and comments to sofia_help at sofia.usra.edu

We look forward to your participation in this exciting new research 
opportunity.

Sincerely,

SOFIA Science and Mission Operations