Hi All, With the next full moon coming up in a little over a week, I thought I'd let everyone know (that doesn't already) that Mike McCants has posted the latest version of my IRIDFLAR program (version 2.0) at: ftp://ftp.fc.net/pub/users/mikem/flare20.zip This version gives you the choice of searching for solar Iridium flares OR lunar flares. You'll definitely need binoculars or a telescope for the latter since the peak magnitude never gets brighter than about +7. The program does take the lunar phase into consideration when calculating the magnitude, and only reports lunar flares that occur when the satellite is also NOT sunlit. I've read that USSPACECOM is changing the names of some of the old tumbling Iridiums like 11, 20, 21, 24, etc. to 911, 920, 921, and so on, and that the replacements that were named 11A, 20A, and so forth are being changed to 11, 20, ... While IRIDFLAR will balk at these new names, it should still produce correct predictions. I hope to put together an update later this week that takes this change into consideration. Best wishes, Rob P.S. This version requires a coprocessor. If your computer does not have one, contact me and I'll compile a version for you that works without a coprocessor. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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