No PegSat, but great IR16 flare

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Had perfectly clear skies Friday evening, but did not see PegSat
during its 70-degree culminaton, non-sunlit pass at ~18:01 PST
(2:01 UT, 14 November).  So it wasn't so low that it was able
to provide its own illumination.  ;-)  Too bad -- looks like
Los Angeles missed out by about 3 hours.

I did see a spectacular flare from Iridium 16, just minutes
after sunset, however.  I was only 0.2 miles from the nominal
centerline, where the predicted magnitude was -8.5 (thanks to
the > 70-deg elevation angle).  Despite blue skies, the flare
was easily visible for 4 seconds.  (Jupiter was not yet naked-
eye visible).  --Rob

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