Earlier this evening, I witnessed near-simultaneous flares from Iridium 6 AND 51. Only #6 was predicted on Heavens-Above - #51 was not predicted and was quite a surprise. They were less than 11 seconds in time apart (about 4 degrees on the sky plane). Predicted Iridium 6 flared to about -3.4 from my location in Campbell, CA USA at 17:52:06 PST December 8th, 2014 (cords 37.262, -121.577). #51 flared to about -4.3. Would have made a great photo had I known how close together in time and position they were. Keep an eye out, and Happy Holidays to you all. Rick Baldridge Campbell, CA USA _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Dec 09 2014 - 00:14:15 UTC
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