(I'm sending this just in case some folks don't know about Iridium flares very low in the sky.) The last several nights I've had some bright flares predicted as low as four degrees above the horizon. Mike McCants and I have been able to see most of them through a "notch" in the NE horizon of the BCRC site. (Last night was pretty cloudy, so from the park near my apartment I just saw one -- predicted -6 through clouds -- all the way up at 12 degrees above the horizon.) At least one that we saw that was only about six degrees up, I believe, was a solid -4 magnitude. Rob Matson's Iridflar will predict flares that low in the sky. Obviously you have to have an unobstructed horizon and clear weather to see these very low ones! Also managed to see some Superbird A flashes through the cirrus cloud layer last night. The NOSS 2-3 triangle passes have been bright every night lately, but only one night has been clear enough at the time of the pass to see them easily without binoculars. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html
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