More flares by Iridium 33 wreckage: times

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Wed Mar 18 2009 - 00:35:40 UTC

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    Hi,
    
    I measured the image with the two fainter 97-051C flares (not the -1 flares I 
    saw visually and reported with times earlier, but two faint additional ones I 
    captured photographically). By comparing with the most recent
    Iridium 33 tle (09076.47854262), I get these flare times:
    
    March 17
    20:07:15.7 UTC
    20:07:20.4 UTC
    
    time between flares: 9.7 seconds. From the image I'd say they were about mag. +3
    to +4.
    
    - Marco
    
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