while setting up for east pass of 72A at ~ 0307:20z 21jun, I noticed a bright flare out of the corner of my eye, it then faded and at first I thought it was a landing light, but then I was able to follow the sat naked eye at ~ +3.5. quick search with mccants.tle and Guide8 showed 2 sats in the area, Iridium 63 and DM-F3 00-048A and since predicted mag of 48A was +9.1, Ir 63 was becoming THE candidate. then ran Rob's iridflar and sure enough, flare was predicted max -5.3 at 0307:17.2. 2004 Jun 21 04h32 UT 04173.189 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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