Saw Iridium 1-5

Brierley, David UK (BrierleD@jntf.osd.mil)
Tue, 6 May 1997 08:18:59 -0600

Thanks to Ron Lee's preliminary orbit, I too saw all five objects at
1997 May 6 03:27 UT.  They were low in the west near Betelguese, at az
271 el 13, but all unexpectedly bright at mag +6.5.  The separation of
the first two was 1.7 secs, and of the whole group about 7.2 secs.

David Brierley
Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
Station 2017
Lat 38.9583N Long 104.7603W 2115m