First noticed it at 6:30. Seems almost motionless and appears to be over Fountain Hills from my spot at 20th St. and Baseline. Very bright and great in the 10 x 50's with a payload package hanging down. ----- 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 > > -- 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.