I have beern reluctant to inform some of my coworkers about upcoming Iridium flares because of the localized nature of the reflected light. Today I ran Iridflare for my location and for a friend at work (39.917N, 76.755W 34mASL) who lives about 35 miles (~55km) north of where I live. The predictions for a Wednesday evening Iridium 12 flare were bright for both of our locations: Iridium Sun Flare Maximum Flare Ir Date Time Azm El Rnge N I Azm Elv Ang Mg MMA Latit. Longit. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (My Location) 98- 2- 4 19:24:53 026 37 1189 A L 267 -21 0.4 -3 L 39.2300 -76.712 12 (Friend's Location) 98- 2- 4 19:25:07 025 37 1190 A L 267 -21 0.1 -8 L 39.9313 -76.716 12 The time is EST (~98-2-5; 00:25 UT) Iridium 12 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 d 781 x 774 1 24837U 97030B 98029.17108317 -.00000044 +00000-0 -22945-4 0 01537 2 24837 086.3983 068.2169 0004750 109.3689 250.8020 14.34216179032300 Has anyone taken a look at the geometry of these flares? This one would appear to be like a line of light traveling under Iridium 12. Any comments? Thanks. Don Gardner Homepage: http://members.aol.com/mir16609/ 76.8419 W, 39.1796 N, 34m ASL