Re: Substandard Iridium flare

From: Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Date: Tue Jan 11 2000 - 02:47:17 PST

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    >Wednesday evening a friend and I
    >watched for a predicted -4.8 flare from Iridium 15 (24869 97034A).
    >It was right on time, but it was at least
    >two or three magnitudes fainter than predicted --
    >somewhat unusual.  59.322N, 18.455E, 22 m.
    >
    
    
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