Iridium 32 (about 4 seconds late?)

From: iridium@att.net
Date: Tue Aug 05 2003 - 00:52:04 EDT

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    I can be wrong about this:
    Iridium 32 seemed a few seconds late, maybe 4 seconds or so.
    
    H-A predicted -3.  It might have been -5 or so.
    
    Between glancing back and forth at the sky and my clock I may be lacking some precision in this 
    obs.
    
    Pat McNally
    Seattle 
    
    Date: 	Monday, 04 August, 2003 
    Your Location: 	Latona (historical) (47.655°N, -122.320°E)
    Time Zone: 	Pacific Daylight Time (GMT - 7:00) 
    Satellite: 	Iridium 32
    Antenna (MMA): 	Left
    Flare centre is at: 	47.685°N, 122.551°W
    Distance to centre: 	17.6 km (11.0 miles)
    
    At your location	At flare centre
    Time: 	21:14:48	21:14:46
    Magnitude: 	-3	-7
    Altitude: 	26°	26°
    Azimuth: 	345° (NNW)	346° (NNW)
    Mirror angle: 	0.5°	0.0°
    
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