[AZ-Observing] Re: More weather balloon
- From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 15:32:02 -0700
Server must be slow today, I posted about 1130 on a different thread about
it. I saw it this morning about 0500 when I left for work. Looked through my
10x25's I keep in my desk when I got to the office about 0545. IT was well
illuminated from behind then and showed a typical balloon pear shape. At
lunch I saw it in the same direction (ENE) but about 40 degrees up (vs.
about 30 in the AM) so either it was getting higher or closer or both. Based
on Darrell's second post, it looks like closer. IN the binos at this time,
being illuminated more from the above and to the side, it looked more like a
soap bubble than a balloon
Clear Skies
Rick Tejera
Editor SACnews,
Public Outreach Coordinator
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix, Arizona
www.saguaroastro.org
saguaroastro@xxxxxxx
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Spencer, Darrell
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 14:55
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: More weather balloon
Just spotted the balloon in North Phoenix - very briefly. I was lucky
to see it at all given the clouds. Seems much lower than those I've
seen in the past.
Darrell Spencer
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sam@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 12:43 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] More weather balloon
I should have added that it is about 25 degrees off the horizon at about
12:35pm MST. It appears to be slowly moving to the west over the past
couple
of hours.
- Sam
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From: "Joe Bergeron" <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 9:37 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: TAAA Excursion to Kitt Peak Last Night
> Very interesting. I suppose you could calculate about how far away the
> plane and cacti were by noting their angular size in comparison to the
> sun's disk and going from there.
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> Joe Bergeron
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> Fellow, International Association of Astronomical Artists
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