Hi all, A very strong wind blew the skies clean around twilight. I observed Lacrosse 5 (05-016A) and saw it briefly flare to mag 0 at 16:49:08 (+/-5s) UTC. Following this it was very irregular in brightness. The photograph capturing the flare allas was spoiled because a strong gust of wind rocked the camera tripod during exposure, causing a disturbed trail image. Half an hour later Iridium 7 (97-020B) flared to mag. -2.5. It resulted ina nice image which can be seen here: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2007/12/lacrosse-5-flaring-and-nother-iridium.html - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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