Dear Γιάννης, you observed Iridium 51. You can check the position of these two sats using this link: http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=24794,25262&lat=37.9838&lon=23. 7275&jd=2457615.25838 (make sure to copy and paste the whole link) As you see, the Iridium 51 was following Iridium 6 at that moment. With satflare online tracker if you double click on the sky chart at a specific area you can search for all the other objects in that area of sky. Regards, Simone >----Messaggio originale---- >Da: "Γιάννης Ιωάννου via Seesat-l" <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> >Data: 14-ago-2016 21.51 >A: <SeeSat-L_at_satobs.org> >Ogg: Iridium 6 help! > >Dear sky enthusiasts, > >My name is John from Athens, Greece and I would like your help please. I am >not an astronomer. I just gaze the sky from time to time. Recently I found >out that I can actually see the Iridium flares and the ISS with naked eye, >so I get so excited when that happens…. and it happens almost every night! >My question concerns the Iridium 6 satellite. I saw the Iridium 6 >approaching from North , heading South. The flare occurred at 21:12:04 >((UTC+03:00)). A similar bright light just behind the Iridium 6 was >following the same trail. I witnessed this phenomenon before so I got >curious enough to google it! What I was hoping to find was the name of the >satellite following the Iridium 6. On the www.heavens-above.com/ website I >found that the only object that could partly fit the description was the >Meteor 2-19 Rocket with maximum altitude at 21:12:11, but according to the >site that satellite was going from South to North and it was much less >brighter than the Iridium 6, so it couldn’t have been the light I witnessed >earlier. >Could you help me please on this matter? > >Thank you >_______________________________________________ >Seesat-l mailing list >http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sun Aug 14 2016 - 15:57:22 UTC
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