Re: iridium 50 -flare (5/17) out of the blue

From: Björn Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Date: Sun May 18 2003 - 05:40:02 EDT

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    Hello ,
    
    Iridflar 2.2 has the option of including solar panel flares,
    
         P  Include solar panel flares: Yes
         S  Source: Sun
    (or S=Moon) and predicts:
    
    Ir# S    Date    Local Time Azm El   RA   Decl N M  Mag (km)
    --------------------------------------------------------------
    50    2003- 5-17 19:51:15.0 125 52 12h37 -19.5 D R  4.1  138 E
    50    2003- 5-17 19:52:50.0 155 31 12h44 -50.0 D S -1.3 52.8 W
    
    Of 203 flares in the near future, 42 are Solar, 68 Forward MMA, 93 Right,
    none Left. These include very faint flashes in all cases.
    Of 98 flares, 38 are Solar, 8 Forward MMA, 52 Right, brighter than +4.
    
    Tonight, you have an unusually bright lunar flare !
    
    74    2003- 5-18 23:27:22.9 113 72 15h14  -5.8  A Lun R 7.3 1.4306
    103.7509 2.9 W
    
    Also on May 20+21 if you can travel 10 km E/23 km W (I haven't checked
    the map)
    
    /Björn
    
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    
    > Hi folks:
    >
    >    Around 7:50 pm on May 17, I accidentally caught  a ' iridium-like'
    > flare ( -1 or -2)  while adjusting my video lens. I thought this must
    be
    > easy to ID but heavens-above did not yield any clue. Even running
    > irdiflar with fresh TLE did not help.
    >
    >   Rechecking using skymap, the most likely candidate that fit
    > the timing and direction/trajectory is IRIDIUM 50. No flare
    > spot( normally colored yellow) was indicated.
    > Is this unpredictable flare specific to iridum #50?
    
    
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