I just videotaped a mag -8, iridium-8, flare in a bright twilight sky. I hit it dead on in the view finder. I aimed S where it was supposed to be and used a "pitch and angle locator" to adjust the camera to the correct angle. To make sure I got it I zoomed all the way out. Next time I will try zooming in. I got the info from H-A. Just to make sure I was right in telling someone else to go out and look I checked for the passes of Iridium 8 in H-A at that time but found none. I was afraid that it wasn't going to happen (and I would look bad) so I went to CelesTrak and got the TLE for it then put it into my TheSky program. I was delighted to see it was making a good pass right where it was supposed to be. It peaked right on time. The twilight flares are the best! My details are: Latitude: 42.473513 42 deg 28' 25" Longitude: -92.360413 92 deg 21' 37" Meters above sea level: 274 Time zone: USA Central Standard Time, GMT -6 Local Time: 7:09:10PM CDT Tom Iowa USA + + + ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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