At 09:19 AM 8/10/2007, Greg Williams wrote: >Has anyone who's observed Hubble ever seen it flare? > >I just saw it pass over my location (Knoxville, >35.9676°N, 84.0251°W) and right as it hit >closest approach it flared very >bright. Possibly Mag 1.5 to 1. It then quickly >went back to mag 3 to 3.5 and cruised on to the East. > >This is the first time I've actively looked for it, but didn't expect a flare. greg, probably about 10 years ago i saw HST flare up to magnitude -3 shortly before it set in the NE around nautical twilight time. I am a little closer to the orbit apex than you, at -34.9638. 138.6333 E. Tony Beresford in Adelaide So. Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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