Thanks to Randy John's Iridium flare prediction program, Skysat, I am able to predict what should be about a mag -3 flare in the north at 26 deg elevation from mirror 2 of Iridium 5 (24795)at October 11 10:01:45 UT as viewed in the Atlanta area (33.981 N, 84.479 W). The mirror angle is calculated to max out at 0.49 deg. Using a curve fit to the mirror angle and magnitude data points for all Iridium flares noted in Ron Lee's list, a predicted magnitude can be made. The data seems to fit a logarithmic curve quite well although I'm not confident that this is a valid justification mathematically. I would like to thank Randy John for providing this very useful program. Jeremy Ollerenshaw jolleren@ix.netcom.com 33.981 N, 84.489 W