Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 15:15:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Spitzer Warm Mission Evening Event, SOFIA Workshop at the Austin AAS

Contents of mailing:
1. Spitzer Warm Mission Evening Event at the Austin AAS
2. SOFIA Workshop at the Austin AAS


1. Spitzer Warm Mission Evening Event at the Austin AAS
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We will be holding a special evening session at the upcoming AAS Meeting
in Austin on Wednesday, January 9, at 7 PM CST, to discuss Science
Opportunities with the Spitzer Warm Mission.  This community session will
explore the science drivers for the Warm Mission both using (a) the
shortest two IRAC channels at 3.6 and 4.5 microns and (b) archival
research with the rich Spitzer archive.  Room location and further details
will be posted at http://www.aas.org/meetings/aas211/event_spitzer.php.

We look forward to seeing you there!

2. SOFIA Workshop at the Austin AAS
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A workshop on SOFIA Early Science Opportunities will be held at the
upcoming AAS meeting in Austin on Monday, January 7, from 1 to 5 PM.
Note that this is prior to the AAS opening reception on Monday evening.
That is a change in date from previous announcements, partly due to the
unusual Monday to Friday schedule of this AAS meeting.

This will be the first in a series of workshops regarding early science
opportunities with SOFIA, currently scheduled to begin in early- to
mid-2009. The workshop will include updates on the state of the SOFIA
program including its complement of 9 scientific instruments, plus a
charge to working groups that will meet in splinter sessions to consider
the early SOFIA general observer science plan, and update SOFIA's
scientific cases.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME. We encourage attendance by astronomers who have
never had airborne astronomy experience, theoreticians, and astronomers
making use of the Spitzer Space Telescope.  This is an opportunity to help
define the ways that SOFIA can best serve the scientific community.

SOC Co-chairs:   Bob Gehrz, U. Minnesota; Tom Roellig, NASA-Ames / SOFIA.

Draft Agenda -- Monday, January 7, 2008
1:00 PM: Welcome and Introductions
1:10 PM: Overview of the Status and Capabilities of the SOFIA Project
1:40 PM: Early Imaging Science With SOFIA
2:10 PM: Early Spectroscopic Science with SOFIA
2:40 PM: The concept of Legacy Science with SOFIA
2:50 PM: Education and Public Outreach
3:00 PM: Refreshments - attendees sign on to Working Groups
3:15 PM: Working Group deliberations
4:30 PM: Plenary Summary Session
4:50 PM: Charge to the Working Groups for the June AAS Meeting
5:00 PM  Adjourn

Working Groups and Chairs:
Stars and Star Formation -- John Bally
Planetary Science -- David Black
Extragalactic Science -- Danny Dale
Chemical Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM -- Dan Jaffee
Legacy Projects -- Matt Greenhouse

More information about the workshop can be found at:

http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Science/08Jan_TaskForce/taskforce.html.


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