Iridium 27 Obs.

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Just had my first look at Iridium 27 (24947, 97051D) since the 
reports of the strobe effect.

The unseasonably warm weather in the NE USA (68F, 20C) created
a haze.  With a nearly quarter moon, only bright passes were visible
using 10x50 binoculars.

Iridium 27 seemed to have a period of about 3 secs.  The flashes that 
I observed seemed to vary in brightnesess.  One was bright enough
to make me blink.

I wonder if Iridium LLC is planning to deorbit it?

Cheers.

 

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Don Gardner
  
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