Tom, >I wonder if anyone has ever seen a iridium satellite flare (or any >satellite, flare or not) crossing the (as yet) dark side of the moon? >I suppose that'd be awesome to see with binocs. Maybe it would be worth >planning a trip to see such a thing. Such a trip would certainly be worth the effort, but it's a formidable job to calculate such an opportunity. It is possible to calculate the "shadow" track of a satellite, i.e. the track on the ground connecting all the locations from which the satellite would appear to cross the Moon's disk. That would have to be done for all the Iridiums, and one would also have to check all along the track if a flare occurs. At any rate, an interesting suggestion! I might give it a try. Bruno Tilgner Saint-Cloud, France ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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