Hello,i forgot to introduce myself.My name is Kevin Douglas James Martin and I am 25 yrs old.I live in Norco,California.My hobbies are satellite observing and making logs of what I see.I have a 16"LX200 Meade telescope with a laptop computer with a satellite software called C-sat.C-sat is a satellite tracking software that tracks the satellites in my telescope.i remember on a Larcrose pass by I boosted the power up to 98x while the scope was still following it.At 98x,i was able to see the solar panels.Get this,On an iridium passage by a -4 magnitude,I almost got blind,it was that bright.I saw the MMA through the scope,and as it got brighter,I saw the earth and the sun reflecting in its mirrors.Looking back on the video I took of it from a standard video camera,the flare was a stunning royal blue color.I think it was cause by the reflecting ocean in the mirrors cause i live 50 miles from one. I'm also A storm chaser in the summer. Happy Skies! kevin Martin ---------- Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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