Sorry Dennis. What I observed as reported in my e mail of 24th May, I observed at almost 8 p.m. local time that is almost at the time astronomical twilight also ended. Thanks Suhas ----- Original Message ----- From: dennis <dennis@necg.de> To: SeeSat-L <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 10:38 AM Subject: Re: RED IRIDIUM FLARE? > 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 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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