Hello there I'm new to this list, so let me tell you about me a bit. I had been watching Mir and ISS passings a few years when my attention was drawn to heavens-above.com about two years ago. Then I mainly got addicted to watching iridium flares, but when the sky is really clear I'll also watch other satellites. I also have some other astronomy experience like timing lunar occultations and recording sunspots. I came across this mailing list when I was looking for an answer to my question: "What did I see?" So let me describe you what I saw. When I was out to see iridium 10 flare on Friday 19 April, 20:18:25 UT, I saw a double flare. I saw a flare at about 20:18:18, thinking it was iridium 10, flaring early. I noticed it was quite bright, about magnitude -3. When it was quickly fading, I noticed another object. This object, which flared at 20:18:25, flared in about the same place as the first. I assume this was iridium 10 as predicted (my watch was accurately set of course). This one still was a bit brighter than the predicted magnitude -1. Some other data: I am at 51.983N, 4.467E. The predicted flare was at azimuth: 353 degrees, height: 18 degrees. The prediction was from heavens-above.com. So now I ask: "What did I see?" I read something about iridiums flaring twice, but I really think I saw two distinct objects. -Peter _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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