Iridium obs 10/10 1234 UT
3432P@VM1.CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL
Fri, 10 Oct 97 06:18:08 PDT
I just saw my first morning Iridium flare/glint (I'm not a morning person).
It was predicted by Randy John's terrific program, just a bit lower
and east of Polaris, with a mirror angle of .18; It burned right
through some high clouds. The magnitude had to be at least -5, and
fits well with Randy's plot at http://www.riem.com/~rj/IRID_PLOT2.htm
NORAD __date__ __time__ D azI eI azM eM azS _eS Phs Dur Mag Obs COSPAR Ir
24793 97-10-10 12:34:33 N 3 27 089 89 83 -20 8 -5 CC 97020B 7
Craig Cholar 3432P@VM1.CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL
Marina, California
36 41 10.3N, 121 48 17.9W (36.6862, -121.8050) UTC -7