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Erin C. Smith
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 17
Citations - 476
Erin C. Smith is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy & Observatory. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 17 publications receiving 445 citations. Previous affiliations of Erin C. Smith include Ames Research Center.
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Early science with sofia, the stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy
E. T. Young,Eric E. Becklin,Eric E. Becklin,Pamela M. Marcum,Thomas Roellig,J. M. De Buizer,Terry Herter,Rolf Güsten,Edward W. Dunham,Pasquale Temi,B-G Andersson,Dana E. Backman,Dana E. Backman,Martin Burgdorf,Martin Burgdorf,L. J. Caroff,Sean C. Casey,Jacqueline A. Davidson,Edwin F. Erickson,Robert D. Gehrz,D. A. Harper,Paul M. Harvey,L. A. Helton,Scott D. Horner,Christian D. Howard,Randolf Klein,Alfred Krabbe,Ian S. McLean,Allan W. Meyer,J. W. Miles,Mark Morris,William T. Reach,Jeonghee Rho,Jeonghee Rho,Matthew J. Richter,H. P. Roeser,G. Sandell,Ravi Sankrit,Maureen L. Savage,Erin C. Smith,R. Y. Shuping,R. Y. Shuping,William D. Vacca,John E. Vaillancourt,Jürgen Wolf,Jürgen Wolf,Hans Zinnecker,Hans Zinnecker +47 more
TL;DR: The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is an airborne observatory consisting of a specially modified Boeing 747SP with a 2.7 m telescope, flying at altitudes as high as 13.7 km (45,000 ft) as discussed by the authors.
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FLITECAM: a 1-5 micron camera and spectrometer for SOFIA
Ian S. McLean,Erin C. Smith,Theodore Aliado,George Brims,Evan Kress,Kenneth G. Magnone,John Milburn,A. Oldag,T. Silvers,Gunnar E. Skulason,Eric E. Becklin,Ralph Y. Shuping +11 more
TL;DR: FLITECAM as mentioned in this paper is a 1-5 micron infrared camera for NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) using a 1024 ×1024 InSb ALADDIN III detector and large refractive optics.
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A Survey of 3.3 Micron PAH Emission in Planetary Nebulae
Erin C. Smith,Ian S. McLean +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a pilot survey of 3.3 micron PAH emission from planetary nebulae using FLITECAM, an instrument intended for airborne astronomy with SOFIA, is presented.
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A Survey of 3.3 μm PAH Emission in Planetary Nebulae
Erin C. Smith,Ian S. McLean +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a pilot survey of 3.3 μm PAH emission from planetary nebulae using FLITECAM, an instrument intended for airborne astronomy with SOFIA, is presented.
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SOFIA observatory performance and characterization
Pasquale Temi,Pamela M. Marcum,Walter E. Miller,Edward W. Dunham,Ian S. McLean,Jürgen Wolf,Eric E. Becklin,Thomas A. Bida,Rick Brewster,Sean C. Casey,P. Collins,Scott D. Horner,Holger Jakob,Stephen C. Jensen,Jana L. Killebrew,Ulrich Lampater,G. Mandushev,Allen W. Meyer,Enrico Pfueller,Andreas Reinacher,Jeonghee Rho,Thomas L. Roellig,Maureen L. Savage,Erin C. Smith,Stefan Teufel,Manuel Wiedemann +25 more
TL;DR: The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has recently concluded a set of engineering flights for Observatory performance evaluation as mentioned in this paper, which will be used to address the development activity that is planned for 2012, as well as to identify additional Observatory upgrades.