Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

Description:	SOFIA was a Boeing 747SP aircraft modified to accommodate a 2.5 meter reflecting telescope. Its instruments provide researchers with access to a wavelength coverage from the optical to the submillimeter (0.35 - 655 microns).
Wavelength:	0.35 - 655 µm
Area Coverage:	Targeted
Instruments and their canonical papers:	2.5-m telescope with FORCAST mid-infrared camera and spectrograph (Herter et al. 2018) GREAT heterodyne spectrometer (Risacher et al. 2018) FIFI-LS far-infrared spectrometer (Fischer et al. 2018) EXES echelle spectrograph (Richter et al. 2018) FPI+ focal plane imager (Pfuller et al. 2018) HAWC+ far-infrared camera and polarimeter (Harper et al. 2018) FLITECAM near-infrared camera and spectrograph (McLean et al. 2006) HIPO high speed imaging photometer for occultations (Dunham et al. 2004)
Time Coverage:	25 May 2010 - 29 September 2022
Science Products Generated:	Observation data and calibration files
Acknowledgement:	Information for Authors

NASA SOFIA Archive (Help)	Interface to the NASA SOFIA Archive
EXES Enhanced Data	EXES Enhanced Data
FORCAST OC0 Data	Cycle 0 data from FORCAST
Commissioning Data	Commissioning data for EXES, FIFI-LS, and HAWC+
HIPO Data	Occultation data from HIPO
Abstract Search	Search abstracts that reference SOFIA products
Pipeline Reference	Reference data for open source EXES and FLITECAM pipelines
ATRAN FITS files	ATRAN FITS files needed by the pipelines
Raw Data	Complementary raw data files consisting of engineering and test data

FEEDBACK: Radiative and Mechanical Feedback in Regions of Massive Star Formation	GREAT spectra
Constraining Recent Star Formation in the Galactic Center	FORCAST imaging
HyGAL: Characterizing the Galactic Interstellar Medium with Hydrides	GREAT spectra
FIELDMAPS: Filaments Extremely Long and Dark: A Magnetic Polarization Survey	HAWC+ imaging
SALSA: Survey of Extragalactic Magnetism with SOFIA	HAWC+ imaging
LMC+: SOFIA Joint Legacy Survey of [CII] in the LMC	FIFI-LS spectra
Far-Infrared Polarimetric Large Area CMZ Exploration (FIREPLACE) Survey	HAWC+ imaging
SIMPLIFI: Study of Interstellar Magnetic Polarization: A Legacy Investigation of Filaments	HAWC+ imaging
Lunar Legacy: Mapping the 6 Micron Molecular Water Line Across the Lunar Surface	FORCAST imaging
Orion Square Degree: The Large Scale [CII] Emission from the Orion Molecular Cloud	GREAT spectra
M51	FIFI-LS spectra
Hot Core Spectral Surveys	EXES spectra
Dense Gas in the Central Molecular Zone	GREAT spectra
EXES High-Resolution Spectral Library	EXES spectra

Main SOFIA Documentation Page	Home page for SOFIA documentation; contains information about the SOFIA program and links to important resources.
SOFIA Observing Documentation	Observer's Handbooks and other documentation for all instruments
SOFIA Data Processing Documentation	Data Handbooks
SOFIA Data Analysis Documentation	Cookbooks and analysis tools
Proposal Information	SOFIA proposal information, including the SOFIA Archival Research Program
IRSA YouTube Tutorials	IRSA tutorial videos about the SOFIA Archive
SOFIA YouTube Videos	Collection of videos from the (decomissioned) SOFIA YouTube channel
Known Data Product Issues	List of known issues with SOFIA data products
SOFIA Archive Known Issues	List of known issues with the SOFIA Archive