At 11:08 6-12-98 EST, you wrote: >In a message dated 12/6/98 2:43:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, >Bruno_Tilgner@compuserve.com writes: > >> 17 minutes later, at 05:39 UTC, Endeavor entered sunlight at an >> elevation of 54 degrees, azimuth 8 degrees. About 1 minute later >> it exhibited an extremely bright flare for some 10 to 15 seconds. >> The flare was considerably brighter than anything I have seen from >> the Iridiums, so I estimate the peak magnitude at -9. > >Interesting observation. At the time of your pass the ISS module Unity was >protruding from the shuttle's cargo bay. The flare must have been caused by >Unity. > I saw the same pass in Belgium. The sky was very cloudy but between the clouds I could see a very bright (at least mag -3) Endeavour passing over. In fact I have that pass on videotape. Greetings, Tristan Cools tcools@nic.INbe.net BWGS Member - Belgian Working Group Satellites Observing at: Damse Vaart: 3.2486E/51.2279N/Rijckevelde: 3.2867E/51.2054N/Brugge: 3.1611E/51.2108N