Saturday, May 29, 2010

Giant airplane-mounted telescope sees first light!

Very cool news: the flying infrared observatory, SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) — which has been in the works for many years — has seen first light. What’s remarkable about this observatory is that it’s mounted in a hole in the side of a 747!

sofia_plane

Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, shows us more detail and explanation.

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