Hi folks: Taking a walk in the nearby field. I gased at Scorpion and try to make out the tea-pot in the hazy sky. Seconds later a bright 'iridium-like' flare developed off the Scorpion. The brightness rival Venus in the west. I was puzzled since early on HA did not listed any iridium candidate for tonight. Back home I downloaded the fresh tle and ran Iridflar. The observed brighteness, position and timing matches Iridium97! I am guessing Chris must have avoided prediction with entries with '?' Another case of 'happen to look at the right place at the right time'. rgds ykChia ( call me yK ) Singapore 103.80255E, 1.445 N, +20m, +8 GMT www.ykchia.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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