Hi folks: A minus 7 flare just before 8pm outside my window. I was literally waiting for the background stars to appear in order to fix this frame. Passing clouds did not interfere much with Iridium #52 at all. I saw it coming from the top edge, I hit the rec button and watched in awe as it increase in brightness and finished exactly as the skymap plot indicated A helicopter from nearby military base added a wavy think line on top of the frame...when the flare was in progress http://nightevents.blogspot.com/2006/03/grand-daddy-of-all-flares.html rgds ykchia www.ykchia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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