Re: My first superIridiumFlare
Bjoern Gimle (bjorn@tt-tech.se)
Thu, 23 Oct 1997 12:26:25 +0100
Ed Light wrote :
>approximate coordinates 40.754 N, 073.990 W), I looked North and at 06:34:28
>+/- 5s EDT (10:34:28 UTC) 60 or more degrees above the Northern horizon I saw
>an UNBELIEVELY BRILLIANT flare (or whatever) which lasted for a few seconds.
>I can't run iridflar on my work computer (a unix system), but I probably saw
>Iridium 11 or 13.
>
This should have been Irdm 11, according to time and magnitude:
Ir Date Time Azim Elev RA Decl Range N Ill SunAng FlrAng Mag
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13 97-10-20 6:34:10.0 3.5 57.3 8h 0 73.3 909.3 A Lit -7.5 4.89 1.7
13 97-10-20 6:34:25.2 3.2 51.4 8h17 79.1 968.2 A Lit -7.4 0.01 -5.9
13 97-10-20 6:34:43.0 3.0 45.4 9h14 84.9 1046.8 A Lit -7.4 4.86 2.0
11 97-10-20 6:34:53.0 0.5 56.9 7h38 73.9 896.7 A Lit -7.3 4.79 1.6
11 97-10-20 6:35: 7.0 0.8 51.4 7h46 79.4 951.4 A Lit -7.3 1.46 -0.8
11 97-10-20 6:35:24.0 1.1 45.5 8h11 85.2 1026.6 A Lit -7.2 4.97 2.0
But I failed to see 11 when predicted at -5.5, though 13 was brilliant.
I haven't seen a recent obs. report of 11 - does it have an attitude problem?
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