The reduction in time between the two flares of the pair is definitely decreasing. Tonight's performance (05 Mar) from Iridium 35 (24966) was more in the nature of a single flare with two peaks each of about mag. 0 at the predicted 19:30:23 UT and at about 19:30:40 (close to the moon) with a dimming to perhaps mag. 2 in between. I wonder if the "extra" flare will move over the next few days to occur *before* the predicted flare! (Then I turned from the SE to the SW to see Mir rising up and eclipsing near Orion's belt, and then to the NW to see a spectacular pass from Cosmos 2372 rising to eclipse high in the NE. All this within the space of 3 minutes!) And 4 clear nights on the trot. Almost a record! -- Rod Sladen, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, UK, 52.923N, 1.219W ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/seesat/seesatindex.html
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