Cloudflare

From: Marcus Clark (marcus_j_clark@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Oct 04 2001 - 05:59:08 EDT

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        My satellite & astronomical observations have been severely limited 
recently by thick night-time cloud.On Tuesday Oct.2nd the cloud was so dense 
that the full moon could not be seen,but I still managed to catch a flare 
from Iridium 47 (20:38 BST)which was so intense that it was visible through 
the cloud-cover,appearing like a searchlight from the sky.I'd read of 
effects like these before,but didn't realize quite how unusual they appeared 
until actually seeing it for myself!
     Incidentally,I read messages on this site about objects being visible 
"at one power".What does this mean exactly?
                                            Good observing!
                                                 Marcus Clark
                                                    Paignton,UK
                                                     50.43degN,3.56degW

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