To get more than 15 second exposures Dana has had some others taking pictures (at -80 F)of the unique double iridium flares at the south pole. Two that I just received show the double flare off single satellite very nicely. As far as I can tell they are as yet not posted on his website yet so just in case I'm offering them to anyone now. If anybody wants me to send them a copy of the two double flare images just ask privately and I'll try to send them right out. Speaking of one of the photos he says, "At that time the flare was only about -4 and the doubles lasted almost until this morning NZDT." Then he went on to say, "They are -8's all day today every 9 minutes and 8 seconds or so, but the secondary flares is all but gone for now and the weather is getting lousy. I have to walk to my telescope now and I will see flares every 9 minutes all the way there." Seeing them this often and this bright at the south pole is just what I was writing out in my first post about this topic years ago. This is exciting to me. :~) Tom Iowa USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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