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Airborne telescope captures moon shadow during NB eclipse

Images from the payload show the moon’s shadow moving across the Earth before the total eclipse. (Submitted by David Hunter – image source) Monday’s total solar eclipse may be over, but the excitement continues for a retired scientist who captured the rare event with a balloon telescope. David Hunter of Florenceville-Bristol was already on the… Read More »

Retired NB scientist will launch balloon to view solar eclipse from high altitude

David Hunter is a retired medical physicist who has always been interested in science and astronomy. (Michael Heenan/CBC – image credit) David Hunter has always been interested in science and astronomy. He even traveled to Wyoming to see the total solar eclipse in 2017. Then it occurred to him: the center of New Brunswick will… Read More »