FW: Double flare, double fun
Dorreman, Bram (Bram.Dorreman@nl.origin-it.com)
Tue, 2 Jun 1998 09:02:47 +0200
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>From: Chris Dorreman[SMTP:bram.dorreman@skynet.be]
>Sent: zondag 31 mei 1998 16:04
>To: Grzegorz Koralewski; SeeSat Mailing List
>Cc: Dorreman, Bram
>Subject: Re: Double flare, double fun
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>> Hello everyone,
>> Last night, at 20:51:33 UT Iridium 42 was expected to make a -7m flare
>> at my location.
>> The satellite came exactly on time and flashed more less as expected,
>> but exactly one minute later when I was looking at my watch to check the
>> remaining time to Mir pass I saw something moving in the sky. When
>> raised my head I saw an INCREDIBLY bright object moving in exactly the
>> same direction with the same speed as the earlier one. I can't say how
>> bright that was, because I haven't seen anything that bright before.
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>... the Sun? ;-)
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>> The
>> Ir42 was FAINT when compared with the next flash.
>> There was only one sat in the same place one minute later: Iridium
>> 43. There wouldn't be anything that unusual in it, but Iridflar
>> predicted it to flash about -2.5.
>> Where is the error?
>> G Koralewski
>> PS. My coordinates seem to be correct. They were taken from the 'Atlas
>> of satellite images of Poland'. The elsets were 2 days old.
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>> The author admires the night sky from 53.38N, 14.83E, 100M.
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>Bram and I expirienced something similar a few weeks ago. A very bright (-7
>or -8) flare was predicted. We saw it at the predicted place, but exactly 1
>minute later and much fainter as predicted. Unfortunately, we found nothing
>of this observation in our archives, so we don't know which iridium it was.
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>Greetings,
>Chris
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