Subjective altitudes, especially high ones, are often exaggerated. Try memorizing the star neighbourhood, even if you don't know constellations and stars by name (or Right Ascension/Declination). Make a quick drawing as soon as practical, then compare it to a star map, or a display from a planetarium or prediction program, where you can read out hte RA/Dec or az/alt to compare with predictions. Rob Matson's SkyMap will even show the flare part of the track in bright yellow! -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2615 N, 18.6206 E, 33 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- -- SeeSat-L / Visual Satellite Observer Home Page found at -- -- http://www2.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html -- > positive one :-) ], with an altitude larger than 49 degree as predicted. > I did not measured the altitude, but I thought it was somewhere around > 70 degree or higher. Was that flare really came from Iridium 66? > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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