> An experienced observer reported the following last night (Apr 21 > EDT) > observing from deep southwestern Virginia, USA. > > >At about 8:30 p.m. Eastern time, as I walked up the driveway I saw > >what appeared to be two Iridium flashes of identical brightness > (-3 mag., > >I'd guess), as one faded, another came into view, on the same > apparent > >track, and about 5 degrees in the sky behind the first one. Az = > 170d; > >Alt. 20d. > > Observer location: > Lat 36.750 Long 81.744 elevation 2000ft [.....] > Iridium 41 and 77 were both deep in the southern sky over southwest > Virginia at 8:37pm EDT. If Heavens-Above nor Iridflar could find a > MMA > flare, what caused it? Is this an example of a non-MMA flare? Two > flares at > that? Is it possible that a non-Iridium satellite(s) flared? Were any other "flarable" satellites in the area between 8:20 p.m. and 8:40 p.m.? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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