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 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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