IR 56 & IR 86 ? Flares

From: finn@main.jetnet.ab.ca
Date: Wed Mar 14 2001 - 21:49:26 PST

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    With Mir gone from my night skies for over a week now, it's time to look at
    other objects. I had 2 flares within seconds of each other by Iridium 56
    #25170 98010B and Iridium 86 ? #25528 98066B, output below. Both became
    quite visible at 1x, mag 3, approx 30 deg before the predicted flare azimuth
    with slight increase in magnitude just before the flare. Sorry no timings as
    both sats became visible and i was busy trying to take their picture and
    watch them at the same time. After their respective flares both vanished
    quickly as they went into shadow shortly afterwards.
    
    Date and times UTC
    
    Wed 2001- 3-15 03:38:31  090 47 1020 D L  296 -19  R  -5  11.4 km E  56   
    Wed 2001- 3-15 03:39:06  090 45  962 D L  296 -19  R   1  58.7 km E  86  ?
    
    Jari
    54.25N
    110.11W
    556m
    
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