Re: Positive Mag Flares

From: Jim (nixj@bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon Dec 18 2000 - 11:01:06 PST

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    Mark Harris wrote:
    
    > Many thanks for any assistance.
    >
    > Mark
    > 50.9090N, 2.7890W
    >
    > P.S. Does anyone know of any mechanism for predicting
    > positive mag Iridium flares?
    >
    
    Mark,
    
        Rob Matson's Skymap will show varying magnitudes for Iridium satellite passes. Its
    pretty accurate and I've seen quite a few flares in the 0.0 to 2.0 range.  I think this
    feature is only available
    in the 6.5 version, perhaps Rob will comment.
    
    Jim
    
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