SOFIA ARCHIVE READING NOTE
Purpose: Preserve a search, product and interpretation that another reader can repeat.
Guide: https://yenra.com/wiki/SOFIA_stratospheric_observatory_for_infrared_astronomy/
Archive: https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/sofia/
Help: https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/onlinehelp/sofia/sofia/searching.html

FIRST EXERCISE
Try M17, verify the resolved coordinates, choose arcminutes, then enter radius 5.
Keep date/program constraints open initially; search before narrowing instrument
and data level. A cone radius is not a guaranteed image size. Moving targets need
appropriate moving-target search options rather than a fixed-coordinate assumption.

Search/access date:
Target and resolved coordinates/reference frame:
Search radius and units:
Other search filters:
Result/product links:
Instrument and observing mode:
Mission ID / AOR ID / observation ID:
Observation date and time standard:
Wavelength or spectral setting:
Processing level and pipeline/version:
Science filename and associated uncertainty file:
Header units / coordinate system / calibration:
Spatial/spectral resolution and coverage:
Display stretch or extraction used:
Quality flags, missing coverage and limitations:

General levels: 0/1 raw; 2 instrument-corrected; 3 flux-calibrated and telluric-
corrected; 4 combined Level 3 products. Availability varies by instrument.
Consult the specific handbook before quantitative use. A missing preview does not
establish missing data: inspect the downloadable file and product information.

Visible feature or measured quantity:
Interpretation and alternative explanation:
Comparison product and alignment/calibration checks:
Next useful measurement or documentation:
Keep original science data and headers; a screenshot alone is not a data product.