Meteor 2-10 was going in the opposite direction on a nearly parallell track, crossing were the flare was, at about 21:13:50 > >Tonight at 23:11, my friend JC and me were waiting for two little Iridium >flares at 21:11 and 21:12 UTCin my city. > >The first Iridium passed at the predicted time with the predicted brightness > It was Iridium 54. > >After that, we were waiting for the second iridium (Iridium 16). I had read >that it was deorbited and it was substituted by the iridium 86. We were >waiting for a Iriidium in the same direction of Iriidium 54. The surprise >was that the predicted Iridium 16 wasn't present. In subtitution appeared a >flare in the other direction (going toward the north) about at 21:13. The >flare was magnitude about -3 (visual appreciate) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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