> Was out tonight observing and saw a very bright flare > from the NOAA 15 satellite just as it passed the moon > at about 20:08:10. It was very bright, about -3! Is > this typical of the NOAA satellites? How often do they > flare like this? > > Ken Girodias > Cary, NC Here's my breathless report of the first NOAA 11 double flare that I saw, in October 1997: http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Oct-1997/0030.html In July 1999 I saw three NOAA 11 flare events and got to thinking that they are probably predictable: http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Jul-1999/0421.html Later I think I was looking for them every eighth night, but that hypothesis didn't hold up for long at all. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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