When

Saturday, May 10, 2025    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Where

First Christian Church
2102 Foothill Drive East, San Bernardino, CA, 92404

Event Type

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Moon Phase:  2 days before the Full Moon waxing gibbous moon

Topics: SOFIA Pilot

Our speaker will be retired USAF Lt. Colonel Craig O’Mara, who was the chief pilot for the SOFIA Airborne Observatory. SOFIA stood for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy.  The airborne platform was a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet equipped with a 8.9 foot mirror for studying the heavens in infrared wavelengths at high altitude. It flew as high as 41,000 ft.  Craig will describe the missions and show images made from the telescope.

 

Last Updated on April 23, 2025