Re: Flare & ISS

From: Tony Beresford (aberesford@iprimus.com.au)
Date: Sat Jul 27 2002 - 05:22:22 EDT

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At 12:37 27/07/02, Linda wrote:
>Listmates,
>I've been observing sats, flares, and the ISS.  Hopefully, the following
>descriptions are more accurate and helpful.
>
>According to H-A, there were no Iridium Flares at my locartion scheduled
>for p.m. tonight -- only for tomorrow a.m.  However, I saw a nice flare
>near Lyra.  The descriptive data follows:
>
>Unknown Flare        20:57:43 CDT  (-5 GMT)
>                               alt. 58 degrees        az. 93 degrees
>                               Mag. -2.5  (3x Vega in Lyra)
Linda, I cant find a match with latest alldat.tle and FINDSAT
and I checked other private information.
my checking should have shown iridium solar panel flares,
tumbling iridiums
or any other constellations of  LEO comsats as well. 
All that is left is some US military satellites
Tony Beresford


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