A Telescope Takes Flight [NEWS].

Describes SOFIA - the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, a powerful flying telescope. An infrared telescope with remarkable spectral range, it picks up the mantle of the Kuiper project. Kuiper was groundbreaking, but SOFIA, seated aft of the wing of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, has more sc...

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Publicat a:IEEE spectrum 44, 7 (2007).
Autor principal: Dumiak, M.
Format: Article
Idioma:English
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