Hi folks: I was looking out the window and seconds later noticed a fairly bright 'iridium-like' yellowish quick flare ( - 3 or -4) appeared a short distance above Canopus. The flare dimmed and 'lingered' for a brief moment - my first thought was the work of an iridium but i remembered there are no evening iridium flare this week.... A quick visit to HA confirmed the above. A quick check with satellite listing revealed ETS-7 was at that position/ time. The strangest coincidence was : I was looking up ETS-7 just days before. reading about the various postings of how bright this sat can be. And today without any pre-planning happened to caught the flaring by accident with a glance out of the window. Right place right time ..and right eye perhaps.. rgds ykchia www.ykchia.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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