NASA will send a balloon the size of a football field to study how stars form
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NASA will send a balloon the size of a football field to study how stars form
From CNN:
"(CNN) - NASA plans to send an enormous balloon to the edge of Earth's stratosphere in search of secrets about how stars and planets form.
The space agency's ASTHROS mission will depart from Antarctica in December 2023 and spend three weeks in the stratosphere, the section of the atmosphere where the ozone layer sits. Its components include a balloon the size of a football field and a specialized far-infrared telescope designed to pick up light the human eye can't detect."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/us/nasa- ... index.html
I hope this is not old news - the CNN article says "updated" today - but it was new for me.
smp
"(CNN) - NASA plans to send an enormous balloon to the edge of Earth's stratosphere in search of secrets about how stars and planets form.
The space agency's ASTHROS mission will depart from Antarctica in December 2023 and spend three weeks in the stratosphere, the section of the atmosphere where the ozone layer sits. Its components include a balloon the size of a football field and a specialized far-infrared telescope designed to pick up light the human eye can't detect."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/us/nasa- ... index.html
I hope this is not old news - the CNN article says "updated" today - but it was new for me.
smp
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Telescopes: Questar 3.5 Standard SN 18-11421; Stellina (EAA)
Solar: Thousand Oaks white light filter; Daystar Quark (chromosphere) Hα filter
Mounts: Explore Scientific Twilight I; Majestic heavy duty tripod
Local Club: New Hampshire Astronomical Society
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