HIPO Instrument
Date:
3/21/2014
The High Speed Imaging Photometer for Occultations (HIPO) was, as its name implies, developed for observing stellar occultations – when an object passes in front of a distant star and its shadow is observable from Earth. HIPO recorded SOFIA's first Pluto Occultation on June 22/23, 2011. The instrument collects data from 0.3 to 1.1 microns and can be co-mounted with the FLITECAM instrument. A team from the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz., developed HIPO.
Credit:
NASA/SOFIA
Image Number:
OBS_0013
