Hi Suhas, You wrote; > Today (4th May) at 20:31 LT ( 15:01 UT) saw the Iridium 26 as predicted by > Heavens above. About 4 to 5 flashes of -5 to -4 magnitude reddish in color. Hmmm -- I don't think you saw Iridium 26 based on this observation. Iridium 26 is not a tumbler, so it shouldn't have been flashing. It would have been a nominal flare at best (perhaps magnitude +2), as it entered shadow just as it was flaring. (Umbra entry at 15:01:23). Perhaps you saw an airplane; a tumbling Iridium's flashes are white. There is a remote possibility that Iridium 26 has just failed (someone could check the MM to see if it has changed in the last couple days), and that coupled with the penumbral entry could lead to orange or red flashes. If so, I congratulate you on a very rare observation! > Also saw Iridium 77 and 42 at predicted time of 5:21 and 5:22 a.m. LT on > 5th May (23:51 and 23:52 UT on 4th May). Iridium 42 was so bright that I got > one report from nearby place Bhosari of seeing Fire ball. (The person > reporting was unaware of Iridiums). These indeed were both predicted to be bright negative magnitude flares, and practically along the same track. Cheers, Rob ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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