Re: Iridium : observing project , Iridial constellation

From: Steve Newcomb (snewcomb@gcnetmail.net)
Date: Sat May 28 2005 - 23:04:02 EDT

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    Walter Nissen wrote:
    On 2005-05-05, it showed Iridium P3 B 51 and Iridium P35 35/37 glinting
    only 5 seconds apart.
    
    
    I have a picture of these 2 Iridiums flaring on 5/4/05 at 10.12 PM local
    time EDT. It was my first picture of an Iridium flare. Picture size is 928
    kb
    It can be seen at http://www.geocities.com/satman888/Nightsky.html
    
    Camera Model Name
         Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
    Shooting Date/Time
         5/4/2005 10:12:08 PM
    Shooting Mode
         Manual
    Tv( Shutter Speed )
         40
    Av( Aperture Value )
         5.0
    Metering Mode
         Center-weighted averaging
    ISO Speed
         400
    Lens
         75.0 - 300.0 mm
    Focal Length
         75.0 mm
    Image Size
         3072x2048
    Image Quality
         RAW then converted to jpeg
    
    Lat. 39.4707 Lon. -79.3388 Alt. 2753 ft. -4 UTC
    
    
    
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