Re: RED IRIDIUM FLARE?

From: suhas (gsuhas@pn3.vsnl.net.in)
Date: Thu Apr 20 2000 - 03:42:33 PDT

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    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
    >
    >
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