FLIPO instrument
FLIPO instrument
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The High-speed Imaging Photometer for Occultations (HIPO) sits closest to the telescope when co-mounted with FLITECAM, as shown here. HIPO collects ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light with wavelengths between 0.3 and 1.1 microns, and is SOFIA’s main image quality test instrument.

Credit
NASA/SOFIA/N. Veronico
Image Number
OBS_0030

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