In a message dated Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:11:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Steve Newcomb" <snewcomb@mail2.gcnet.net> writes: > On 3/18/02 Iridium 28 and Iridium 90 are both predicted to flare to -8 > magnitude 2 degree apart within 14 seconds of each other at my location. //////////////////////// In a message dated Wed, 13 Mar 2002 4:31:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu> writes: > Earlier we did have a pretty close pair of Iridium flares, > Iridium 28 and 94 "?", about 35 seconds apart. Iridium 28 > was several magnitudes brighter than the predicted zero, and > Iridium 94 "?" was not as bright as the predicted -1. Those newly-launched spares have created some interesting flare opportunities. There's a pair (91 and 55) that flare 6 seconds apart at my location on Monday 18 March (at 23:53 UTC). A minute after the flare 91 passes 55. I would agree that this will be a common occurence until the older Iridiums fail. Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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