Despite some high thin clouds ERS-1 #21574 91050A made two bright brief flares. The first was at 04:46:57 +/- 3 sec 23 Aug UTC reached -6 mag Az 80 deg El 70 deg. It was easily spotted even with the cloud cover. The second occured at 04:48:12 +/- 3 sec approx 5 deg East of Polaris but was only -2 mag. Although both were very brief, a second of so, they were bright enough for me to classify as flares and not flashes. The second one especially i could see it start to brighten, then reach it's peak and fade to invisible. Reguardless, if you have a chance to observe ERS-1 then do so as it makes a nice sight. Jari 54.25N 110.11W 556m ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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