Re: NOAA 15 Flare

From: Jim Nix (nixj@bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon Apr 02 2001 - 23:36:24 PDT

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Hi Ken,

    Apparently a lot more often than previously believed, or there are more observers seeing them now.  I
serendipitously caught  the second of two flares from NOAA 11 while it passed through UMa.

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/3070/General.htm
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/3070/NOAA11.jpg

Regards

Jim

Girodias Ken wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Was out tonight observing and saw a very bright flare
> from the NOAA 15 satellite just as it passed the moon
> at about 20:08:10. It was very bright, about -3! Is
> this typical of the NOAA satellites? How often do they
> flare like this?
>
> Ken Girodias
> Cary, NC
>
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