I was looking for the Shuttle to make it's first pass however the sky was still too bright, i had trouble finding Polaris, and clouds were in the area however i spotted a bright flare at 05:05:50 6 Jun UTC +/- 3sec. Approx Az 345-350 deg El approx 45-50 deg. Mag -3 It lasted long enough to see that it was coming from the NNW and heading S, the Shuttle would be going W-E. I never did see the Shuttle this pass but 2 mintues after the flare i spotted bright flashes heading N-S. While searching for an ID of the flaring object using satbase.tle, without any luck, i found that Iridium 24 tum and Iridium 71 tum were within seconds and only 5 deg of each other at that time so at least i ID'd them. Jari 49.40N 125.00W 30m ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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