Let me clarify, I was thinking of seeing moon light glints from earth off the Iridium sats, just like we do with the sunlight. Floyd Weaver 3 miles north of Lebanon Pa. 40.389N 76.417W http://users.nbn.net/~fweaver On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Robert Knight wrote: > 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 > > >