Sunday, February 9, 2014

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News


WASP gives NASA's planetary scientists new observation platform

Posted: 08 Feb 2014 05:07 AM PST

Scientists who study Earth, the sun and stars have long used high-altitude scientific balloons to carry their telescopes far into the stratosphere for a better view of their targets. Not so much for planetary scientists. That's because they needed a highly stable, off-the-shelf-type system that could accurately point their instruments and then track planetary targets as they moved in the solar system. That device now exists.

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