Re: Iridium 33 - Bright Flashes

From: satrack\@libero\.it
Date: Mon Jun 15 2009 - 19:22:49 UTC

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    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
    
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    From      : "Stefano Sposetti" stefanosposetti@ticino.com
    To          : "SeeSat-L" SeeSat-L@satobs.org
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    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
    > > 
    > > 
    > > 
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