[chbot] Nasa super pressure ballon

[Byron Engler]

The payload is an instrument known as COSI, it is a cosmic ray telescope.

https://www.csbf.nasa.gov/map/balloon5/flight679NT.htm

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-csbf-downrange-operations

Cheers
Byron

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 6:30 PM, Robin Gilks <robin at gilks.org> wrote:

> Did anyone get a decent picture?
>
> Looked very good through my 4" telescope at about 6 this evening but I
> have no camera attachments set up at present :( I could even make out the
> payload.
>
> Not bad seeing as how it was about 10km west of Ashburton at a height of
> 33kms
>
>
>
> --
> Robin Gilks
>
>
>
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