I have found that sometimes there are no predictions for a flare in my town of 70,000 yet some close neighboring small towns have a bright pass predicted. Figure that one out. Tom Iowa USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas A. Troszak" <tom@bullhammer.com> To: <kevin.o.morris@worldnet.att.net> Cc: "SeeSat List" <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 10:47 AM Subject: Re: Missed Daytime Iridium Flare > The Morris Family wrote: > > Yesterday, 26 March, Heavens Above showed a daytime flare at my location of > > Iridium 6 at 6:18 CST. Yet this morning when I checked Heavens Above again > > at 6:14 it showed nothing. Is this because of updated orbital elements? > > My experience indicates that there is a "hole" in the prediction > software, sometimes the predictions for a "today" flare (like in the > next few minutes) do not show up in the "next 24 hours" link if it is > too close to the actual time. > > I have had the same thing happen when I went for a "last minute check" > before running out the door to observe a flare. > > I think the workaround is to use the seven-day forecast for based on > "today", and if the prediction for "today" does not appear, hit the > "Prev" link, and you'll get it as the last date for the previous week. > Try this for the flare in question and see if it works. > > Am I making sense here? > > -- > Tom Troszak, > Asheville, NC, USA > 35.601 N, -82.554 W > mailto:tom@bullhammer.com > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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