> I've never seen a flare that >> lasted so long! Is this common or just a feature of the >Motorola >> situation? > >The very first Iridium flare that I ever observed lasted between 15 >and >20 seconds, and probably peaked at -8 magnitude. Looked like a car >headlight coming down. The flare was very gradual and smooth up and >down >in magnitude, except a flicker at the end... I have not seen one like >it >since. I can only assume that I happened to be Dead Center of the >predicted path just by sheer luck. A few months ago I saw an evening Iridium flare. It was visible at naked-eye for several minutes. ================================================================ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com Stay up-to-date on all events in space! Visit http://www.geocities.com/tlj18_99/ Updated at least once per day! ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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