Re: Iridium -8 flare
Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@pi.net)
Wed, 22 Oct 1997 14:18:34 +0200
Tristan Cools wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This is a mag -8 Iridium 15 flare seen this evening. Thanks to Skysat and
> Iridflare I could predict where the flare would be visible. This flare was
> accurate to within 1s in time. I've seen some other flares too but this was
> the most impressive.
>
> NORAD date time Dir aI eI aM eM aS eS Phs Dur Mag Obs COSPAR Ir
> xxxxx yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss x xxx xx xxx xx xxx -xx xxx tt Sn.n III yynnnx xx
> 24869 97-10-21 18:34:10 S 137 48 81 63 275 -18 46 10 -8 TC 97034A 15
> Two hunderd kilometers to to north and 22 secons earlier I observed a mag 0
flare from this Iridium after it was for 20 seconds mag 2.
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Leo Barhorst Alkmaar The Netherlands
52.65 North 4.47 East 3 m ASL
Every day I wonder about what I see in the sky