Floyd Weaver said- > Is it possible to see flares from the moon? My guess is that under the > right conditions it should be naked eye visiblity, but I am no authority > on the subject. Since the sun is 14 magnitudes brighter than the moon, my guess is that a lunar Iridium flare would be about 14 mags dimmer than a solar Iridium flare. I'll leave the calculation to the student. Randy