I had a predicted -8 flare this evening so i stepped out to view it. As i was waiting, with camera at the ready, i noted a -2 flash almost due East approx 10 deg above Castor at 02:03:35 27 Jan UTC +/- 3 sec. Then at the appointed time of 02:05:08 i got the flare at Az 151 deg El 41 deg. Mag -8. However the Iridium TLEs i have says it was Ir 46 while the McCants.tle says it was Ir 24. Both sets of TLEs were obtained from Mike's site. Either one Ir24 or Ir46, i believe was the cause of the flash and it did flare as predicted. Iridium TLE: Iridium 46 1 24905U 97043C 01025.10787305 -.00000020 00000-0 -14265-4 0 4724 2 24905 86.3994 237.3623 0002507 59.6839 300.4606 14.34216768179694 McCants TLE: Iridium 24 4.0 1.8 0.0 6.0 d 12 1 24905U 97043C 01025.10787305 -.00000020 00000-0 -14265-4 0 4724 2 24905 86.3994 237.3623 0002507 59.6839 300.4606 14.34216768179694 Jari 54.25N 110.11W 556m ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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