More info for Craig's Iridium flares

Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Sat, 30 Aug 1997 10:36:31

                 Sat    Sat     Sun    Flare   Obs    Sun Phase     NORAD #
   UT            Dir  AZ  EL   AZ  EL   Dur  Mag     UT    Pass Az/El
11:13    08/24/97  N  024 17  64 -13   ~6    1  RGL  -6  Unk  87 52  24903
11:00:45 08/27/97  N  018 16  63 -15  >10s  -4  RGL  -6  Unk  88 51  24907
10:53:57 08/29/97  N  015 16  62 -17   15s   2  RGL  -6  Unk  89 56  24906

Craig, above are my reports for the northbound, morning 24903-24907 Iridium
passes.  I am missing sun phase angle info (Unk) but the az/el during the
flare
(low in the NNE), and max el of the passes (about 52) may help you decide]
when to look.

Unfortunately, if my predictions for you are correct, you do not have any
passes that match this in the next few weeks.  However, the western passes
MAY be similar to what Paul Maley saw.

Ron