Two more exceptional flares from Iridium 20 (25578, 98-074B, a.k.a. "20 ?"), both at the Iridflar predicted times on June 5 (Monday evening USA time) and the other on June 7 (Wednesday evening). Monday I was with friends and told the one watching with me that Iridium 20 had been doing brighter-than-predicted flares recently, and sure enough it came through with at least -5. That makes three that I estimate have been at least five magnitudes brighter than predicted. The magnitude of the fourth one, Wednesday PM, was more difficult to estimate due to clouds but was definitely a lot brighter than the predicted +2. Solar elevation was only -6 degrees. A few minutes later through worsening clouds I was able to see Iridium 45 flare at the predicted time. Predicted mag. was -4. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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