Hello! I have found interesting photo opportunity again! There will be several bright Iridium flares in Perseus during the next week from my location (Moscow, Russia, 56th latitude). What's most amazing - some of those flares match the "head" of Perseus (star Eta Per) which is very close to the radiant of major meteor shower! Details are on my page with the list of brightest Iridium flares in Moscow, Russia for the week of August 6-12, 2001: http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/nextweek.html Click on times of Aug 9th and 10th flares to see visible pass charts. Since Iridium orbital planes are slowly moving relative to Earth surface from day to day there must be some places in Northern European mid-latitudes where such flares in Perseus will happen during the night of Peresid meteor shower's maximum (August 12th). Also, there are 6 orbital planes in Iridium "constellation" hense similar flares must happen in many locations in North America and Asia as well. That's why I recommend to check out in advance if you have bright flares like these using Heavens Above predictions at http://www.heavens-above.com/ Meteor observers are welcome to http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/iridmsk.html for links to more info regarding Iridium flares and some pictures, while satellite hunters can find more info on forthcoming Perseid meteor shower following the links from my Astronomy Page http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/astro.html. Good observing, and I wish that someone has luck to capture bright Perseid meteor and Iridium flare on one frame! Den ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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