Now that I think about it, if the flare was exactly between me and the cloud, (or is it proper English to say the cloud and me:) how could the timing be different? Maybe I imagined the light. I added 2000 meters to my altitude in H-A but it made no difference in the time of maximum brightness either. Then again, neither did it change when I added 10,000 meters to my altitude! By the way, it was Iridium 67, USSPACECOM Catalog No.: 25290 International Designation Code: 1998-021-F Tom Iowa USA + + + ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wagner" <sciteach@mchsi.com> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:32 PM Subject: Iridium flare light across a cloud? > I just saw a -8 Iridium flare at an elevation of 59 degrees toward the ENE. It occurred through a high thin narrow cloud. About two seconds before the maximum brightness I swear I saw its light sweep across the cloud. > Tom Iowa USA > Latitude: 42.473513 42 deg 28' 25" > Longitude: -92.360413 92 deg 21' 37" > Meters above sea level: 274 > 6/15/04 > Time zone: USA Central Daylight Time, GMT -5 > Local Time: 22:05:06 > Object altitude: 59 degrees Direction ENE of travel: South ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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