Sofia Views Stellar Occultation By Pluto
SAN FRANCISCO — Flying 1,800 mi. to glimpse its target, NASA’s Strategic Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia) used an extremely fast and accurate light meter to capture an occultation of a star by Pluto for the first time on a nighttime flight June 23. The sighting was made with the High-Speed...
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