Almost a double double tonight! After last night's double flare, I decided to watch at the equivalent time tonight, escpecially as there were predicted flares in the same location from two satellites just 20 seconds or so apart. Iridium 7 (24793) flared to around the expected mag +0.6 at around 19:33:25 before dimming. It then reappeared dimly with a maximum at around 19:34:10 of perhaps only +3 or so. I failed to see the predicted mag +1.2 of iridium 51 (25262) at 19:33:46, but it flared at around 19:34:30 to something like mag. -2. Location of the extra flare much the same as last night's Other bonuses tonight: A flare of Mir to about -2 just before it went into eclipse. An impressive halo right around the Moon for several hours, passing between Jupiter and Saturn. -- Rod Sladen, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, UK, 52.923N, 1.219W ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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