Stefano, Many thanks. Your report is very useful. I observed the same flash that night, but from my location it was brighter. Best Regards, Simone ---------- Initial Header ----------- From : "Stefano Sposetti" stefanosposetti@ticino.com To : "SeeSat-L" SeeSat-L@satobs.org Cc : Date : Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:25:56 +0200 Subject : Re: Iridium 33 - Bright Flashes > Simone, > > I observed such a flash the June 13 at 22:31:30 UTC, about -1 or -2mag, lasted > only 0.08s at RA=218deg decl=50deg > My location is: > Lat: 46.2314 N > Long: 9.0240 E > > > Best regards, > Stefano > > satrack@libero.it wrote: > > The Iridium 33 is still generating very bright flashes these > > days. If I am not wrong, such flashes come from the second > > Main Mission Antenna I was looking for, however, I have no > > data enough yet to confirm it. I saw some of them, brighter > > than magnitude -4, west of the Cygnus. At my web page, > > I have added a sky map that shows where those flashes took > > place along with a few more details. > > > > Has anyone observed recently bright flashes from this satellite? > > > > http://digilander.libero.it/SATrack/ > > > > Best Regards, > > Simone > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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