[AZ-Observing] Re: Fwd: Another balloon heading our way
- From: "Dan Heim" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:50:56 -0700
Just picked it up out here in New River, thanks to your alert! 6:50 pm,
still about 30 degrees up, but due east from New River. Looks like it will
pass directly over Phoenix. No idea how much longer it'll catch sun. To
the naked eye it was visibly teardrop shaped. In 10x80 binocs it was lit up
like a Christmas tree ornament, with the payload also visible as a very
bright point.
Dan Heim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
To: <AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 6:19 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Fwd: Another balloon heading our way
> It's currently (6:20 p.m. Friday) about 30 degrees high in the northeast.
It was pretty easy to see before it passed behind a cloud. This one is
going to get pretty close to Phoenix.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> > Subject: Another balloon heading our way
> > From: Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: staff@xxxxxxxxxx, tpolakis@xxxxxxx, m24@xxxxxxx
> > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:58:27 -0700
> >
> > Backy Ramotowski in New Mexico sent a head's up about another
> > stratospheric balloon heading our way. It's approaching the NM/AZ
> > line about now (3pm) so may take another few hours to become
> > readily visible---although it's up at 36km = 120,000 feet at present.
> >
> > http://towerfts.csbf.nasa.gov/GoogleMaps/ConvGps.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > \Brian
> >
> >
>
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