[meteorite-list] iridium flares?

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:03:01 -0700
Message-ID: <98807221A0DC4D5A83390B278422D7DC_at_bellatrix>

Flares brighter than mag -4 are readily visible in daylight (just like Venus
is). It's a challenge to see them only because you need to be looking in the
right place (usually without much in the way of reference) and you need your
eyes to be properly focuses. But 10-15 seconds is too long for an Iridium
flare, and even if it lasted that long, you'd see noticeable movement over
that time.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Flaherty" <grf2 at verizon.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:54 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] iridium flares?


> Are Iridium flares customarily visible in the daytime. What I saw this
> afternoon in the southwest was possibly an aircraft but because it varied
> in brightness so intensely and remained "motionless" for the 10 to 15
> seconds I observed it, I thought Flare?!
> Jerry Flaherty
Received on Sat 13 Dec 2008 05:03:01 PM PST