I have a predicted -9 Iridium 41 Flare coming up in my neighborhood Sunday evening. For the elucidation of my audience and confirmation of my own calculations, would someone please help me with the following: A -9 Iridium flare is ____ times brighter than Polaris. A -9 Iridium flare is ____ times brighter than Jupiter. This question is awfully elementary, but I was challenged at a recent -8 event when I said 'this will be a thousand times brighter than the brightest star'. I guess Vega was it at the time and I was exaggerating a little, but how much did I lie? Thanks. Bob Jones +37.07 -76.52