Iridium flare - 28 seconds above +2

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Ed Cannon wrote:
>I'm happy to report having seen a monster Iridium flare Monday night!
>
I would also be happy, and probably Rob Matson finds greater value in
these observations in his effort to create a flare prediction program.
I was able to see a record (?) duration flare from Iridium 16 Tuesday
evening from within Stockholm. My friend BO, 20 km East of Stockholm,
indepently found the same duration, and max magnitude +1. My estimate
was almost steady +1 - +2 for the entire period !
I did not see the Faisat Rocket or Cosmos 30 minutes later.

NORAD   date       time   Dir  aI eI  aM  eM  aS   eS Phs  Dur Mag Obs
COSPAR

24841  97-09-23  17:54:58  S  100 63  080 65  286  -9 126  28  +1  BG2
97030F

BG2 = 59.4 N  18.0 E

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