My first thought was that you caught the recent Black Brant X launch from Wallop's Island on August 4, 2010 at 5:15 a.m. Your email didn't say it was today (Aug 5th). I've seen lots of flares, and I wouldn't characterize any of them as flame-like. Launch video: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/BBXlaunchadvisory.html Ground visibility rings: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/images/content/472949main_Hall12073LaunchAdvisory-02.jpg Kevin's flare is more likely, I guess, but the timing is still an hour off. -- David Tiller Lead Consultant/Architect | CapTech Ventures -----Original Message----- From: seesat-l-bounces+dtiller=captechventures.com@satobs.org on behalf of Kevin Fetter Sent: Thu 8/5/2010 11:41 AM To: seesat-l@satobs.org Subject: Re: Iridium flare Heavens above shows a flare at around 5:27 am EDT. http://heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?lat=33.502&lng=-81.965&alt=128&loc=North+Augusta&TZ=EST&Date=40394.6088194444&Dur=1 At the time you give, the sun would be above the horizon. Kevin _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20100805/38ad8e76/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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