I saw Iridium 13 (97-30 E, #24840) on an evening southbound pass flaring up to at least mag -0.5 last night. Dates unformatted: 1997/08/31 UTC 20:24:12 (at aquisition, near flare max.) Sat position at that time: Az 59 deg, El 43 deg Sun position at that time: Az 313.3 deg, El -17.5 deg Flare duration: must have been > 5 sec Flare magnitude: -0.5 mag (or brighter) My position: N 53.5932 deg, E 9.4683 deg, 6m ASL (PS: sorry, I am still not familiar with the "official" reporting format...). The sat may have even been brighter for a few seconds, as when I first spotted it at UTC 20:24:12, it had just cleared the edge of my neighbour4s house, which had blocked the view before. Then it was still visible for approx. 5 seconds, before rapidly fading down to invisibility for the naked eyes. Note: this observation, in terms of azimuth and elevation of both sun and sat, fairly well fits to Leo Barhorst4s flare sighting which he posted yesterday for another one of those Irdiums! Greetings, Alex