I must correct my report of the monster Iridium flare Monday night. (Or was it a "humongous" flare...?) I guess I was suffering from the effects of Iridiation. Mike M. kindly pointed out to me that the Sun does not set in the East.... Moral: Never assume anything! It turns out that Home Planet measures azimuth from the South: > Azimuth: Local compass point at the observing site above which > the object appears. Astronomers measure azimuth from the South > (consistent with the convention for hour angle), with positive > angles toward the West and negative angles toward the East. So the Sun's azimuth was 282 (102+180), not 102. Here's the corrected report: NORAD date time Dir aI eI aM eM aS eS Phs Dur Mag Obs COSPAR 24837 97-09-23 01:58:50 S 131 48 084 57 282 -21 145 02 -6 EdC 97030B Ed Cannon ecannon@mail.utexas.edu Austin, Texas, USA Observations and report from UT location: 30.29N, 97.74W, 165m