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SOFIA telescope

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: o-sof01-00012

Image Size 300 DPI: 51 * 34 cm

Faint specks of starlight are reflected by the 100-inch (2.5 meter) primary mirror on NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) during ground testing of the Faint Object Infrared Camera for the SOFIA Telescope (FORCAST). May 20, 2010.

Keywords for this photo:

2010 - ASTRONOMY - BOEING 747 - INFRARED - MIRROR - OBSERVATORY - PLANE - SOFIA - TELESCOPE -