q: "Is it possible to see flares from the Moon?" A: Theoretically, Iridium *glints* could be visible from the lunar surface -- but only at or near the New Moon (or, selenologically speaking, "Full Earth"). RK ============================================================== +-----+ | | | | "The operating system IS the virus!" | | | | ---------------------------------- | | | | Robert Knight | | | | +-----+ rknight@escape.com WINDOW$ 95 http://www.escape.com/~rknight/ ============================================================== RJ@RMATSC.RIEM.COM wrote: > > Floyd Weaver said- > > > Is it possible to see flares from the moon? My guess is that under the > > right conditions it should be naked eye visiblity, but I am no authority > > on the subject. > > Since the sun is 14 magnitudes brighter than the moon, my guess > is that a lunar Iridium flare would be about 14 mags dimmer than a solar > Iridium flare. I'll leave the calculation to the student. > > Randy