Hi all, Just a few minutes ago I saw ISS giving off a true flare. I've never seen it doing this before. It was low in the west crossing into Gemini at mag. -2, when suddenly (as if a switch was turned) it flared up by at least 1.5 to 2 extra magnitudes, for maybe a second or 2-3, and then back to its previous brightness again. Very conspicuous. I also had the impression of an orange colour but that could be due to the low elevation. Never seen this before with ISS. Time was approximately 21:07:15 UTC (Apr 15). Anyone seen this before? - Marco PS: at the earlier 19:34 UTC pass I was watching and photographing ISS in twilight too. My new neighbours were in the courtyard, because of the unusual high temperatures. They asked me what I was doing and I explained. At first they didn't want to believe me, thinking it was an airplane when I pointed them to the ISS passing. On second thought, they realized I had predicted it would pass, so probably I was right... Next I could see a look in their eyes signalling probably something like: "Right. Somewhat a nutter, but not dangerous..." ;-) ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, Cospar 4353 Leiden, the Netherlands. 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Atom RSS: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/atom.xml e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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