Matson, Robert wrote: > Don Gardner prompted me to take a look at upcoming Iridium flares for > major metropolitan areas. New York City was the first that came to > mind, and they will have quite a show over the next week: > > Configuration file: newyork.cfg > TLE File: iridium.tle > Site name: New York, NY > Latitude: 40.75170 Longitude: -73.99420 Altitude: 0.0 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 Mag MMA Latit. Longit. # S > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fri 98- 9- 4 18:30:36 332 63 540 A L 271 9 -8 L 1.9 mi W 23 > Fri 98- 9- 4 20:36:18 356 28 884 A L 292 -13 -2 L 14.6 mi W 31 > Sat 98- 9- 5 20:30:03 356 30 846 A L 291 -12 -2 L 14.1 mi W 57 > Sun 98- 9- 6 20:23:48 356 32 812 A L 290 -11 -1 L 15.7 mi W 60 > Mon 98- 9- 7 5:47:15 190 59 559 D L 74 -7 -3 L 9.4 mi E 76 M > Mon 98- 9- 7 20:17:35 357 34 782 A L 288 -11 -2 L 11.3 mi W 29 > Tue 98- 9- 8 20:11:25 357 36 755 A L 287 -10 -2 L 11.1 mi W 32 > Wed 98- 9- 9 5:40:49 203 56 573 D L 74 -9 0 L 24.9 mi W 26 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Note that the one on Friday night at 6:30pm is before sunset. I included it > only > because of the -8 magnitude prediction. Also notice that most of the flare > centerlines are west of the coordinates I chose, so if you happen to live in > Newark (or really anywhere in eastern Jersey), you'll be in prime position. > --Rob I'm about 40 miles south of NYC, but these predictions are very similar. For max flare, you have to be within a few miles of the best spot but these predictions show you can be quite a distance away and still see something. Configuration file: IRIDFLAR.CFG TLE File: \q\iridium.tle Site name: JAY RESPLER, FREEHOLD NJ v1.63 Latitude: 40.28083 Longitude: -74.23511 Altitude: 140.0 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri 98- 9- 4 18:30:44 332 63 523 A L 271 9 0.0 -8 L 40.280 -74.228 69 Fri 98- 9- 4 20:36:13 357 29 878 A L 292 -13 0.4 -4 L 40.303 -74.370 31 Sat 98- 9- 5 20:29:53 357 31 840 A L 291 -12 0.3 -5 L 40.296 -74.334 57 Sun 98- 9- 6 20:23:41 357 33 807 A L 289 -11 0.5 -4 L 40.300 -74.370 60 Mon 98- 9- 7 20:17:25 357 35 778 A L 288 -11 0.1 -7 L 40.285 -74.267 29 Tue 98- 9- 8 16:10:22 244 58 561 A L 245 34 0.1 -7 L 40.279 -74.271 72 Tue 98- 9- 8 20:11:10 358 36 751 A L 287 -10 0.0 -7 L 40.282 -74.245 32 Wed 98- 9- 9 5:38:42 195 58 547 D L 73 -10 1.4 -1 L 40.287 -73.961 69 Wed 98- 9- 9 5:40:57 200 57 570 D L 74 -9 1.1 -2 L 40.275 -74.465 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jay Respler -- JRespler@surfnj.net Sky Views: http://njsurf.com/skyviews/ Satellite Tracker * Early Typewriter Collector Freehold, New Jersey