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 -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hanrahan Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 17:51 To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tpolakis@xxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:58 PM To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.