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a bubble detector.
Lastly, I’ll add a sun sensor to the
photometer. The data I have from
last August was collected in random
directions. With a sun detector, I can
at least isolate the pointing direction of
the photometer (relative to the sun) at
each measurement. By charting only
data recorded in the same direction,
my chart will remove some of the wide
swings seen in the sky’s measured
intensity.
Since the moon’s shadow on
the ground will be 200 miles across,
I expect it will be more difficult to
see it any more clearly than I did in
near infrared. However, the eclipse
will last longer and that should give
it a stronger effect on Earth and its
atmosphere. So, I’m looking forward
to studying the next eclipse from near
space and would like to compare the
results.
If you’re in the Texas area, be sure
to look around, you might see multiple
near spacecraft overhead on April 8,
2024.
Onwards and Upwards,
Your near space guide NV
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