Re: Four Flares in 21 Seconds, 6/25

Mir16609@aol.com
Sun, 27 Jun 1999 19:48:04 EDT

In a message dated 6/24/99 11:46:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Mir16609@AOL.COM writes:

> Iridflar output for Columbia, MD (Local time = EDT = UTC -4 hours)
>  
>        Local    Local     Iridium          Sun    Flare  Max Flare  Ird
>  Day   Date     Time    Azm El Rnge N I  Azm Elv Mag MMA  Bearing    #  S
>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Fri 99- 6-25 23:20:39  036 13 1315 D L  333 -21  -2  R  23.5 mi E  66   
>  Fri 99- 6-25 23:20:53  037 13 1290 D L  333 -21   0  R  45.2 mi E  21A ?
>  Fri 99- 6-25 23:20:54  037 13 1289 D L  333 -21   0  R  44.9 mi E  73  ?
>  Fri 99- 6-25 23:21:00  038 12 1273 D L  333 -21   2  R  82.9 mi E  14A 

There was a moderate haze on Friday evening but no clouds or rain.

Iridium 66 flared to at least a -2 mag on time.   The others were a no show.  
The nearby Cassiopeia stars (alpha, beta gamma and eta) were all clearly 
visible with binoculars.  If 21A or 73 flared to a 0 mag,  I would have 
observed them.  Iridium 14A may have been obscued by the haze.    

Cheers
Don Gardner  39.1796 N, 76.8419 W, 34m ASL
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