Ed Cannon wrote: >I'm happy to report having seen a monster Iridium flare Monday night! > I would also be happy, and probably Rob Matson finds greater value in these observations in his effort to create a flare prediction program. I was able to see a record (?) duration flare from Iridium 16 Tuesday evening from within Stockholm. My friend BO, 20 km East of Stockholm, indepently found the same duration, and max magnitude +1. My estimate was almost steady +1 - +2 for the entire period ! I did not see the Faisat Rocket or Cosmos 30 minutes later. NORAD date time Dir aI eI aM eM aS eS Phs Dur Mag Obs COSPAR 24841 97-09-23 17:54:58 S 100 63 080 65 286 -9 126 28 +1 BG2 97030F BG2 = 59.4 N 18.0 E -- --------------------------------------------------------------- -- bjorn@tt-tech.se (office) b_gimle@algonet.se (home) -- -- 59.2237N, 18.2286E, 44 m http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- SeeSat-L / Visual Satellite Observer Home Page found at -- -- <a href="http://www.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html">http://www.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html</a><br> -- ------------------------------------------------------------