BUSS (Balloon-Borne Ultraviolet Stellar Spectrometer)

Sitio de lanzamiento: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, EEUU  
Dia y hora de lanzamiento: 16/9/1976  
Lanzamiento y operación del globo a cargo de: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Tipo de globo/fabricante/volumen/composicion: Globo de Presión Cero Raven - 600.000 m3 (15.00 microns)
Nº de vuelo: 985P
Dia y hora de fin del vuelo (L para hora de aterrizaje, W ultimo contacto conocido, resto hora de separacion): ??/??/?? ??
Duración del vuelo (F: tiempo a flotacion, resto tiempo total de vuelo en d:dias / h:horas / m:minutos): F 11 h 5 m
Sitio de aterrizaje o ultima posición conocida: --- Sin Datos ---
Peso carga útil: 932.5 kg

• Balloon-borne ultraviolet stellar echelle spectrograph Applied Optics Vol. 17, Issue 4, pp. 604-613 (1978)
• Balloon-borne ultraviolet stellar spectrograph. I - Instrumentation and observation. II - Highlights of first observational results Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 230, June 1, 1979, p. 526-539
• Chromospheric models for ALTAIR (A7 IV-V) The Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 439, no. 2, p. 1011
• Evidence for a supersonic turbulent velocity gradient in the outer photosphere of the supergiant alpha Cygni (A2Ia) Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 141, no. 2, Dec. 1984, p. 304-308
• Interstellar absorption lines between 2000 and 3000 A in nearby stars observed with BUSS Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 157, no. 1, March 1986, p. 119-128
• Microturbulence in the upper photosphere of Alpha Persei (F5 Ib) derived from ultraviolet spectral observations Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 185, no. 1-2, Oct. 1987, p. 229-232
• National Scientific Balloon Facility Annual Report, FY 1977 National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1978
• The mid-ultraviolet spectrum of Epsilon Aurigae Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, vol. 50, Nov. 1982, p. 233-245
• The ultraviolet spectrum of Procyon. I - The atlas from 2030 to 2371 A Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 61, Aug. 1986, p. 719