Hi Marco, Unfortunately conditions here deteriorated this evening with the sky almost totally obscured. I'm wondering if you perhaps saw a flare from one of the radiators....possibly the port truss radiator , which I noticed was glowing nicely during last nights pass. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Langbroek" <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl> To: "satelliet lijst (SeeSat)" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:17 PM Subject: Observed odd ISS flare > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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