Hi all, Disappointing observation of Iridium 19 to report. GSOC predicted a -6 flare at 22.58 local time so I tramped down to my riverside observing spot, plonked myself on a park bench and waited... bats were diving and swooping across a sky painted a beautiful powder-blue, and streaked with rose-pink vapor trails, and Venus was blazing like a lantern above the trees... Ir19 appeared right on time, a little above and to the right of the magnitude -4.3 "Evening Star", but it failed to even reach mag -2 I thought... very disappointing... I've enjoyed reading everyone's STS-96 / Babylon 1 (*love* that idea!) observing reports... looking forward to being able to see it in a couple of days. Clear skies to you all, Stuart Atkinson Cockermouth, Cumbria, UK 54 deg 30 N 3 deg 30 W