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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                   2022 July 29   
      
                              SOFIA's Southern Lights   
               Image Credit & Copyright: Ian Griffin (Otago Museum)   
      
      Explanation: SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared   
      Astronomy, is a Boeing 747SP aircraft modified to carry a large   
      reflecting telescope into the stratosphere. The ability of the airborne   
      facility to climb above about 99 percent of Earth's infrared-blocking   
      atmosphere has allowed researchers to observe from almost anywhere over   
      the planet. On a science mission flying deep into the southern auroral   
      oval, astronomer Ian Griffin, director of New ZealandCÇÖs Otago Museum,   
      captured this view from the observatory's south facing starboard side   
      on July 17. Bright star Canopus shines in the southern night above   
      curtains of aurora australis, or southern lights. The plane was flying   
      far south of New Zealand at the time at roughly 62 degrees southern   
      latitude. Unfortunately, after a landing at Christchurch severe weather   
      damaged SOFIA requiring repairs and the cancellation of the remainder   
      of its final southern hemisphere deployment.   
      
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