Its hard to tell the elevation of the flasher since an all sky camera probably distorts that. However, Iridium 74 should have had an elevation of about 48 degrees at your position at that time. (I think) Iridium 14, which is known to be defunct and tumbling, had an elevation of about 10 degrees at that time and was due south of you. (Iridium 70 was very close to it.) If you think that it was about 10 degrees above the horizon, I think it was probably Iridium 14 (25777) Geoff Forden Last evening, Jan 27, 2008, at 0107 UT, I recorded a prominent possible satellite flash that was not listed at www.heavens-above.com ( where I usually correlate satellite pases) My observatory is at 35.50 North Lat , 105.89 West Long. and this flash was due south of my location over south central New Mexico. It seemed like a possible Iridium but no Iridiums or other strong flashers were listed at heavens-above.com at that time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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