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Status observations september 2022 (77% of maps finished)
SOFIA stopped operations in september 2022. Many sources were completed, the table below gives an overview of the area covered. All data is public available on the IPAC archive.
Source | Tiles mapped | Tiles planned |
RCW120 | 4 | 4 |
Cygnus X | 18 | 18 |
M16 | 11.25 | 12 |
M17 | 8.44 | 13 |
NGC6334 | 5.76 | 16 |
NGC7538 | 4 | 4 |
RCW36 | 1.86 | 4 |
RCW49 | 6.4 | 12 |
RCW79 | 9 | 9 |
W40 | 8.67 | 12 |
W43 | 12 | 12 |
Status observations december 2021 (67% of maps finished)
Source | Time request (h) | Time flown | % of map done |
RCW36 | 3.65 | 1.95 | 46.4 |
RCW79 | 7.55 | 7.22 | 95.5 |
RCW49 | 9.9 | 6.38 | 53.3 |
RCW120 | 3.65 | 3.68 | 97.9 |
NGC6334 | 13.05 | 4.87 | 36.0 |
M17 | 10.65 | 1.66 | 13.1 |
M16 | 9.9 | 6.51 | 58.0 |
W40 | 9.9 | 6.56 | 58.3 |
W43 | 9.9 | 9.04 | 85.0 |
Cygnus X | 14.55 | 13.36 | 78.6 |
NGC7538 | 3.65 | 328 | 81.3 |
April 2021
Science Advances publication on RCW120 (Luisi, Anderson, Schneider et al. 2021).
ApJ publication on RCW49 (Tiwari, Karim, Pound et al. 2021).
Interview in 'Welt der Physik' (in german)
February 2021
SOFIA observed from Cologne. One source (Cygnus X) was observed for the FEEDBACK program. In total 35% of the FEEDBACK program are done.
October 2020
PASP publication on the FEEDBACK program (Schneider, Simon, Guevara et al. 2020).
March 2020
Observations done in Palmdale. 32% of the whole FEEDBACK program is done.
October 2019
First data release of sources observed during Cylce 7 in may/june 2019 from Palmdale and Christchurch (see below).
August/september 2019
17 h out of 96 h granted were observed in Cylce 7 for FEEDBACK.
July 2019
Observations started in Christchurch.
May/june 2019
Observations started in Palmdale.