Wednesday 12 July 2006 Time Object Event
20h25m20s
Iridium 98Iridium 98 Flare from solar panels Magnitude=-3.3mag
Azimuth=155.5° SSE altitude= 40.9° in constellation Scorpius
Flare angle=0.45° to flare center: distance=9.8km, Azimuth=288.0° WNW
Satellite above: longitude=106.57° latitude=-4.72° height above Earth=752.1km
This is a spare satellite or its status is unknown. Brightness estimate may be unreliable.
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Iridium Fl 12 July 2006 20h25m20s
Hello all out there,
I came home early and decided to bring my field chair out to view the flare.
I was there about 7.50pm or so and while alinging my chair to Azimuth 155deg, low and behold!!! I saw a flare!!! The brightness was slowing fading (brightness was about that to Jupiter). I continue to fixed my eyes in that direction just to make sure that it was not a plane (lights will blink constantly), it was not a plane. It slowly died off.
I quickly take a look at my watch is it was 7.52pm. It was slightly above the tip of Scorpius tail. I continue to wait till 8.25pm but nothing surface.
Was that the Iridium flare 98 flare? If it was, I sure was glad to be able to see it.
Cheers
I came home early and decided to bring my field chair out to view the flare.
I was there about 7.50pm or so and while alinging my chair to Azimuth 155deg, low and behold!!! I saw a flare!!! The brightness was slowing fading (brightness was about that to Jupiter). I continue to fixed my eyes in that direction just to make sure that it was not a plane (lights will blink constantly), it was not a plane. It slowly died off.
I quickly take a look at my watch is it was 7.52pm. It was slightly above the tip of Scorpius tail. I continue to wait till 8.25pm but nothing surface.
Was that the Iridium flare 98 flare? If it was, I sure was glad to be able to see it.
Cheers