Mag -9 flares are sometimes predicted, but only if you hold your mouth right. 8-) Here's an example of a flare with mag -9 at the center of the track in his area: Observer's Location: Nagapur ( 18.8670°N, 76.4330°E) Local Time: Universal Coordinated Time -5:30 (GMT + 5:30) 05 Apr19:38:33 -0 53° 140° (SE ) 32.8 km (E) -9 Iridium 94 And here are two -9's at my house: Search Period Start: 20:07, Thursday, 17 December, 2009 Search Period End: 21:07, Thursday, 24 December, 2009 Observer's Location: K4DET ( 37.7122°N, 77.5256°W) Local Time: Eastern Standard Time (GMT - 5:00) 18 Dec 17:44:15 -9 65° 50° (NE ) 0.7 km (E) -9 Iridium 96 23 Dec 17:18:09 -9 72° 61° (ENE) 0.1 km (E) -9 Iridium 96 and 2 mag -9's at the center within 2 days at my place: Search Period Start: 15:10, Friday, 23 April, 2010 Search Period End: 16:10, Friday, 30 April, 2010 Observer's Location: K4DET ( 37.7122°N, 77.5256°W) Local Time: Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4:00) 27 Apr 20:21:21 -0 72° 125° (SE ) 33.4 km (W) -9 Iridium 8 29 Apr 20:09:12 -1 71° 123° (ESE) 28.9 km (E) -9 Iridium 35 It's interesting to note that there are 2 Nagapur's in India according to Heavens-Above's database, and they're fairly far apart: Name Region Latitude Longitude Elevation Nagapur ? 20.383 75.250 692 m Nagapur ? 18.867 76.433 450 m On Apr 2, 2010, at 11:57 AM, Robin Wier wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ulhas Deshpande" <dulhas2001@yahoo.com> > To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 7:36 AM > Subject: IR Flare Magnitude > > > > > > > > Hi > > Heavens Above predicted a mag -9 flare for my site Nagpur ,India ,at > > 194253 (IST)today 02 Apr. How ever the actual flare was very weak ,about > > the same as Regulus mag 1 . > > Is mag -9 really possible . HA also states that the max mag can be -8. > > Perhaps there was an error in computation > > Ulhas Deshpande > > > ................................................................................................................................................ > > Having used HA for ~12 years, I do not recall an IR Flare prediction higher > than -8, looks like a typo. > > Rob > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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