Last night, I observed an Iridium "double double" set of flares. Iridium 95 flared first at the Heavens-Above predicted time 00:19:39 UT just below Cassiopeia. It flared again about 15 sec later. This was a complete surprise to me! Iridium 33 then did the same thing flaring as predicted at 00:20:04 and again about 15 sec later. The Iridium 95 first flare was about -3, a bit brighter than predicted; the second I95 flare was about -1. The Iridium 33 first flare was about -1, as predicted; the second was much brighter, maybe -2.5 or so. There is a pass of Iridium 59 tonight at about the same time (00:13:57 UT), so I'll try to see if it happens again and time the separation, if it occurs. Does anyone have any comments about this? I've observed 172 Iridium passes now, the entire constellation except for Iridium Sim1 and don't have anything in my observing log about seeing double flares before. Best Regards, Russ Pinizzotto 40.35N, 94.97W, 350m, UT-6 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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