SeeSat-L Nov-98 : Iridium 79 also tumbling?

Iridium 79 also tumbling?

bram.dorreman@skynet.be

Sun, 22 Nov 1998 02:39:36 +0100

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01BE15C1.583FCC00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Philipp Clark wrote: After seeing the Iridium flare videos at EUROCOM and hearing about = GSOC I have actually been getting my hands "dirty" and going outside to = actually look at satellites ! Primarily Iridium flares since near Heathrow = even I can't miss them (!), but if there's something else I will have a = look.=20 Anyway, I saw Iridium 79 this evening at a steady magnitude (~2 ? - = I am no good at such practicalities) but no flare at 18.02 GMT.=20 At the same time I was waiting for Iridium 44 (25078, 1997-077 B). As I = did not yet observe Iridium 79 (25470,1998-051 D) before I looked at it = briefly and saw it was not steady. I timed 3.78 and 14.14 seconds = between successive flashes, of which the brightest was -2. Later I read = Philipp's email and I now can believe he missed his flare. Yet another = flashing Iridium. If I am well informed there are now 9 of them. Another = three in about the same plane as Iridium 79. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01BE15C1.583FCC00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">

Philipp Clark wrote:

After seeing the Iridium flare videos at EUROCOM and hearing = about GSOC I
have actually been getting my hands = "dirty" and=20 going outside to actually
look at satellites ! Primarily = Iridium=20 flares since near Heathrow even I
can't miss them (!), but if = there's=20 something else I will have a look.
Anyway, I saw Iridium 79 this = evening=20 at a steady magnitude (~2 ? - I am
no good at such = practicalities) but no=20 flare at 18.02 GMT.

At the same time I was waiting for Iridium 44 (25078, 1997-077 B). = As I did=20 not yet observe Iridium 79 (25470,1998-051 D) before I looked at it = briefly and=20 saw it was not steady. I timed 3.78 and 14.14 seconds between successive = flashes, of which the brightest was -2. Later I read Philipp's email and = I now=20 can believe he missed his flare. Yet another flashing Iridium. If I am = well=20 informed there are now 9 of them. Another three in about the same plane = as=20 Iridium 79.