You saw another iridium satellite flarem as your mystery flare The first was from iridium 11, then iridium 46. There happened to be two iridium satellites, that passed through the area, in which the angle is correct between you, the sun and satellite, to cause sunlight to reflect off the antenna on the iridium satellite and be sent in your direction. This results in a massive brightness change in the satellite's magnitude, are a flare. Kevin ===== COSPAR Site #1775 Long 75.6910 W, Lat 44.6062 N, altitude 100 metres. http://ca.geocities.com/kfetter http://www.kfetter.100megs26.com/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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