Re: Obs 9 & 10 Dec
Sue J. Worden (worden@uts.cc.utexas.edu)
Wed, 10 Dec 1997 07:24:46 -0600 (CST)
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 03:22:57 -0600
> To: SeeSat-D@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de
> From: Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu>
> Subject: Obs 9 & 10 Dec
> [ ... ]
> Also saw a nice GRO pass Monday morning; missed Tuesday morning Iridium
> flare due to serious need to be asleep at that time! Haven't heard if
> anyone saw it.
I saw the Iridium flare here Tuesday morning, as well as a nice
GRO pass, with interesting changes in brightness as it passed
behind patches of thin clouds. I know of at least three other
people who also saw the Iridium flare here that morning. I've
started a small "flare watching" group locally, composed of
non-obsessed :-) observers who nevertheless will make the effort
to get outside and look for the especially interesting things.
E.g., the flare from my north Austin location was easily mag -6,
but one of the people in my group who lives in south Austin has
reported max mag -2 for the same flare. I am, regrettably, far
behind in massaging their observations into the standard format
and reporting them. :(
--Sue (worden@uts.cc.utexas.edu)