I suppose the Iridium flare was as white as usual but seemed to be rust colored because it was seen in the morning sky, against a blue sky, as a fine example of color contrast. good hunting * Dennis, Berlin City, Germany * dennis@necg.de tel. 0049-(0)30-44045150 -----Original Message----- From: RocketKevin@netscape.net <RocketKevin@netscape.net> To: seesat-l@blackadder.lmsal.com <seesat-l@blackadder.lmsal.com> Date: Saturday, 3. June 2000 05:45 Subject: RED IRIDIUM FLARE? An Iridium flare of magnitude -8 was supposed to flare from Iridium #38 at 3:21:27amPDT on Jun 2nd.I saw the flare but in an unusual way.The flare was right on time but it flared to a -4 magnitude in a rust color before fading into the morning sky.Can anyone tell me why it was a rust color and missed the -8 it was supposed to flare. -117.548 33.931 Happy Skies! Kevin Martin ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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