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balloon-telescope
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SuperBIT on a 2016 test flight over Texas (Richard Massey / Durham University
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A SuperBIT optical and ultraviolet composite image of the Eagle Nebula, located 7,000 light years from Earth (SuperBIT team, from Romualdez et al. (2018) SPIE 10702)
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The SuperBIT balloon-borne telescope, seen here prior to lifting off on a test flight from Timmins, Ontario (Barth Netterfield/Steven Li)
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The telescope incorporates a 0.5-meter-diameter mirror (Steven Benton)
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SuperBIT has successfully completed four test flights (Steven Benton)
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