Evening of June 17th I saw the ISS flight with low-power bino in the daytime sky, or rather even before sunset. I noticed the station 17:14 UTC at an altitude of 53 ° above the northern horizon with low-power bino for a few seconds, to the naked eye, I saw it with a completely clear sky. The brightness of the ISS it was difficult to assess because of the bright sky background, but he was definitely not weaker -2m. The height of the Sun at the time of observation was 5° above the horizon. Evening of June 17th I saw a bright flash of Iridium 53 even in the light of the Sun. I find it difficult to estimate the brightness of the flare, but since it was clearly visible, I can say that the maximum brightness of the order -8m. Iridium 53 gave a bright flare at 17:46 UTC, when the Sun at this time was on the horizon. The height of the flare 70 degrees according to the forecast Heavens-Above. Regards, Alexander Repnoy, Alexandria (Ukraine), 48.6657N 33.1137E 101m. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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