Re: My first Iridium flare & New format?
Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Thu, 30 Oct 1997 06:44:04 -0700
km range versus 900 km and you'll see what I
>mean.
>
>IMHO if we want to refine the magnitude curves for Iridiums then we
>would need to consider range and MMA projected area. The flare
>reporting format doesn't contain that information now.
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>Jim Varney 121.398W 38.458N 8m Sacramento, CA
In my opinion, the current format has been outdated by the prediction
programs. Perhaps the off angle value and range are much more
important that sun location and sun phase angle now. That might
help get better magnitude curves on each Iridium.
Ron Lee