Headsup for a good ISS pass/ Iridium flare

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chrisyeo
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Headsup for a good ISS pass/ Iridium flare

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Just a heads-up for a good pass of the ISS and a Iridium flare after that. Catch it if the weather is clear.

Info from calsky.

Wednesday 23 November 2005 Time Object Event
19h43m50s ISS
→Ground track →Star chart Appears 19h38m53s 2.4m az:327.0d NNW
Transit 19h43m50s -2.1m az: 54.6d NE h:74.3d
dist:370.1km alt:357.1km
Disappears 19h48m40s 1.8m az:141.9d SE h:0.9d


19h46m53s Iridium 40 Flare from solar panels Magnitude=-3.3mag
Azimuth= 29.9° NNE altitude= 32.2° in constellation Andromeda
Flare angle=0.01° to flare center: distance=0.3km, Azimuth= 65.0° ENE
Satellite above: longitude=108.30° latitude=9.00° height above Earth=779.6km

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Post by AGMI »

Good Info but, Probably gonna be cloudy stll..
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