It was iridium 51 which flared before iridium 36. Since one iridium can be happening to be passing near another, which has a similar orbit, then you get events like this. Iridium Coordinates Ir# S Date Local Time Azm El RA Decl Mag 51 2004- 8-14 22:15:50.5 062 36 0h13 43.3 -1.1 36 2004- 8-14 22:16:08.6 061 37 0h10 44.5 -7.7 This above, is the data given by rob matson's iridflar program. You can download it from http://users2.ev1.net/~mmccants/programs/flare221.zip Kevin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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