Observers in southern U.S. States close to the 31st parallel might be able to see a flare from the aft skirt (flat back side) of the Hubble Space Telescope in the morning hours on 7-AUG-05 between 10:42 and 10:47 UTC. At that time the HST is pointing at the planet Uranus according to the HST timeline for the upcoming week. The back side points in the opposite direction and causes a specular reflection of the Sun toward the following positions (times are in UTC): 10:42:15 30.471 -105.942 10:42:30 30.595 -104.824 10:42:45 30.709 -103.702 10:43:00 30.814 -102.578 10:43:15 30.910 -101.450 10:43:30 30.998 -100.319 10:43:45 31.075 -99.185 10:44:00 31.144 -98.048 10:44:15 31.203 -96.909 10:44:30 31.253 -95.767 10:44:45 31.294 -94.622 10:45:00 31.325 -93.475 10:45:15 31.347 -92.326 10:45:30 31.359 -91.175 10:45:45 31.262 -90.022 10:46:00 31.356 -88.866 10:46:15 31.340 -87.709 10:46:30 31.315 -86.550 10:46:45 31.280 -85.390 10:47:00 31.236 -84.227 10:47:15 31.183 -83.064 10:47:30 31.120 -81.898 My guess is that observers at the central line could experience a mag -9 flare. The further away you are from this line the weaker it gets. I would greatly appreciate respective observations in order to come up with a flare magnitude curve. I've been checking the HST timeline for the past three weeks but this is the first time that I found a flare event which happens at nighttime in an area with SeeSat-L presence. Gerhard HOLTKAMP Darmstadt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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