I saw a bright flare (about -2 magnitude) from Iridium 6 at 1039UT on 22 Aug. 01 from the site coordinates listed below. This flare was not predicted by H-A. If I enter my coordinates in H-A and predict for the next 7 days I see the repetetive "sky box" for the next 3 days at elevation 50 degrees, azimuth 225. If you extrapolate back to this morning it fits perfectly both in relative time and position with the IR 6 flare that I saw this morning that was not predicted by H-A. This should not be a solar panel flare; however, both Rob and Chris might want to take note of this anomaly. The "sky box" is usually a very reliable indicator of where a MMA flare should originate. IR 5 was also observed at 1026UT and there was no sign of any anomalous behavior. Paul Paul D. Maley Tel. 281.244.0208, Fax. 281.244.1140 Lat. 29.6049N, Lon. 95.1069W, Alt. 6m ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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