Re: Daytime Iridium flares
Rick Brown (rbrown@inetnebr.com)
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 21:05:39 -0500
Patrice Gambaro wrote:
> Hello everyone
>
>
> ...So I wonder, is there any special techniques to observe daytime flares
> ?
> Could anyone who observed them tell me wath they look like if they are
> very different then nitght time flares ?
>
> Thanks
I have looked for them a few times, and managed to see them about half the
time. In my experience, they appeared as a simple white dot in the sky, of
about the same color and contrast as the full moon seen in the daytime
(though obviously much smaller!)
I wonder if anyone has tried making this observation using a polarizing
filter? Since skylight is polarized, and presumably the light from the
satellite is not, perhaps this would increase the contrast. Have not tried
this myself.
- Rick