Hi All, This isn't much notice, but there may be a modest solar array flare from Iridium 8 this evening (Tuesday) at around 20:37:20 PDT in southern California. Skies won't be very dark at this time, but the flare location is only 5 degrees below Mars (and slightly to the right), so there's at least a handy reference point. From Newport Beach the predicted magnitude is only around -0.2; from points further west the glint will be a little brighter, but the skies will be also. (From Malibu, I'm showing -2). Binoculars are recommended due to glint brightness uncertainty. Ed Cannon: I'm showing a -2 mag solar array flare from Iridium 37 for Austin, Texas, at 21:14:24 CDT -- you may want to give that one a try. --Rob ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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