Hello all. I generated the following interesting output from Iridflar: /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Site name: Columbia, MD Latitude: 39.17960 Longitude: -76.84190 Altitude: 111.5 ft Time Zone: UTC -4.0 h Local Local Iridium Sun Flare Maximum Flare Ir Day Date Time Azm El Rnge N I Azm Elv Ang Mg MMA Latit. Longit. # S ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Thu 98- 9- 3 20:51:10 358 27 910 A L 293 -14 0.3 -5 L 39.162 -76.742 29 Fri 98- 9- 4 20:44:56 358 29 870 A L 292 -13 0.1 -7 L 39.173 -76.804 32 Sat 98- 9- 5 20:38:42 358 31 835 A L 290 -12 0.0 -7 L 39.178 -76.830 58 Sun 98- 9- 6 20:32:30 358 33 801 A L 289 -12 0.1 -7 L 39.174 -76.804 55 Mon 98- 9- 7 20:26:16 358 35 772 A L 288 -11 0.1 -7 L 39.173 -76.793 30 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// After a flare "drought" of about 2 months, Central Maryland will enjoy 5 bright flares on 5 consecutive evenings. All will occur at about the same time and at about the same location in the sky - just below Polaris. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. Cheers Don Gardner Homepage: http://members.aol.com/mir16609/ 76.8419 W, 39.1796 N, 34m ASL