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TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024
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TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024
  • Protect Cherry Hill Nature
    See the eclipse in person or live-streamed on April 8, 2024
    See the eclipse in person or live-streamed on April 8, 2024
  • Protect Cherry Hill Nature
    Witness the launch of a novel balloon-borne solar telescope
    Witness the launch of a novel balloon-borne solar telescope
  • Protect Cherry Hill Nature
    View the eclipse on big screens in Western New Brunswick
    View the eclipse on big screens in Western New Brunswick
  • Protect Cherry Hill Nature
    It's unique. It's Canadian. It's a once in a lifetime experience
    It's unique. It's Canadian. It's a once in a lifetime experience
  • Protect Cherry Hill Nature
    We aim to create an exciting public learning experience
    We aim to create an exciting public learning experience
  • Protect Cherry Hill Nature
    See the eclipse in person or live-streamed on April 8, 2024
    See the eclipse in person or live-streamed on April 8, 2024
  • Protect Cherry Hill Nature
    See the eclipse in person or live-streamed on April 8, 2024
    See the eclipse in person or live-streamed on April 8, 2024

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

A unique project is underway in New Brunswick to develop a balloon-borne solar telescope and launch it in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick by means of an unmanned high-altitude balloon on April 8, 2024.

The overall purpose of this project is to provide live, magnified, telescopic images of the total eclipse of the Sun from the stratosphere to ground-based audiences in Western New Brunswick and potentially to a world-wide audience via the internet.

A novel aspect of this project is to develop a small telescope system capable of dynamically pointing to the Sun and Moon. In high-altitude balloon projects to date, non-magnifying cameras randomly point to the sun, the Moon or the horizon with no directional control.

To the best of our knowledge, our balloon-borne solar telescope will also be the first non-governmental project to transmit images to ground in near real time—possibly within seconds —while in the stratosphere. Similar projects have been able to process and provide viewing of images only after recovering the payload.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

A unique project is underway in New Brunswick to develop a balloon-borne solar telescope and launch it in Florenceville-Bristol by means of an unmanned high-altitude balloon on April 8, 2024.

The overall purpose of this project is to provide live, magnified, telescopic images of the total eclipse of the sun from the stratosphere to ground-based audiences in the Western New Brunswick and potentially to a world-wide audience via the internet.

A novel aspect of this project is to develop a small telescope system capable of dynamically pointing to the Sun and Moon. In high-altitude balloon projects to date, non-magnifying cameras randomly point to the Sun, Moon or horizon with no directional control.

To the best of our knowledge, our balloon-borne solar telescope will also be the first of its type to transmit images to ground in near real time—possibly within seconds —while in the stratosphere. Similar projects have been able to process and provide viewing of images only after recovering the payload.
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