Iridium flares

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Feb 21, 2012, 12:39:37 PM2/21/12

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Arvind alerted me to an Iridium flare happening today, and it was
simply awesome.

For a few seconds, one of the Iridium satellites can get as bright as
a -8 magnitude star! For comparison, the full moon is usually -12.

Today, it appeared like a small mini-sun blazing overhead. Amazing sight.

There is one tomorrow too, at 19:33. Just look NNE direction at 48
degrees altitude.

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Sreepathi Pai

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