Speaking of low altitude flares, I just discovered an old post that I had in my personal archives that might be a reference to the lowest Iridium flare anyone has seen so far. Part of this post follows: +++++++++ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Cannon" <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:26 AM Subject: Very low Iridium flares > (I'm sending this just in case some folks don't know about Iridium flares very low in the sky.) The last several nights I've had some bright flares predicted as low as four degrees above the horizon. Mike McCants and I have been able to see most of them through a "notch" in the NE horizon of the BCRC site. (Last night was pretty cloudy, so from the park near my apartment I just saw one -- predicted -6 through clouds -- all the way up at 12 degrees above the horizon.) At least one that we saw that was only about six degrees up, I believe, was a solid -4 magnitude. Rob Matson's Iridflar will predict flares that low in the sky. Obviously you have to have an unobstructed horizon and clear weather to see these very low ones! +++++++++ Congratulations Ed! You may hold the record so far. Tom Iowa USA + + + ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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