[AZ-Observing] Re: Another Big Balloon On Its Way

From the tracking site, as of two minutes ago (1751mst)

Payload position as of: 
Time: 00:51:48Z Date: 06/12/2009

Latitude: 34°32.14 N
Longitude: 111°42.47 W
Altitude: 112237 Feet

44 Knots @ 272 Deg
-31 Feet / Minute 
370 Nm from launch site 
37 Nm @ 169° deg radial from VOR Flagstaff  


Rick Tejera 
Editor SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix, Arizona
saguaroastro@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org


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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hanrahan
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 17:51
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Another Big Balloon On Its Way

I think I just spotted it from Surprise, AZ.  NNE approximately 15° above
the horizon.

Chris Hanrahan






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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tpolakis@xxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:58 PM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Another Big Balloon On Its Way

Brian Skiff informed me that Becky Ramatowski informed him of another
approaching balloon that was launched from Fort Sumner, NM.  The real-time
path plot can be found here.

http://towerfts.csbf.nasa.gov/GoogleMaps/ConvGps.htm

If it keeps moving at its current rate, it should be just west of Prescott
at sunset.  If you're in Phoenix, it might appear low in the north-northwest
sky.


Like the last one, this is not a weather balloon, rather, it's an astronomy
balloon.  The purpose of this payload is to measure polarization of the
cosmic microwave background radiation.  And if that sentence seemed like I
know what I'm talking about, I got it here:

http://groups.physics.umn.edu/cosmology/ebex/


Tom

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