Iridium flare report and suggestion
Alexander Seidel (Alexander.Seidel@t-online.de)
Mon, 8 Sep 97 19:29 MET DST
One more flare observation report (Iridium 13, 97-30 E, #24840):
Sat Sat Sun Flare Obs Sun Phase NORAD #
UT Dir AZ EL AZ EL Dur Mag UT Pass Az/El
19:51:23 09/07/97 S 74 49 305.1 -16.3 5 -3 AS +2 Unk 79.1 49.2 24840
P.S.: I think it may still be ok for now to publish it here, with these
surprising satellites being new on the scene, and many observers trying to
figure out when and where to look for the favorable passes with a flare-up, but
I am not sure whether it will be of general interest to have all the future
Iridium flare observations posted to this list, especially since these objects
are in fairly stable orbits, and will (hopefully) continue to show up
spectacularly every now and then, and for a long time to come.
Is anybody out there, capable and willing to collect, analyze and comprehen-
sively report on these sightings? He (or she) would possibly be a better address
for directly sending these reports to, in the long run... Any comments?
Best regards,
Alex
Stade/Germany (N 53.5932 / E 9.4683 / 6m ASL)