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Iridium flare (Aug.21)

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Roman White
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« on: August 24, 2008, 06:41:16 pm »

Have a success capturing Iridium flares. This one was very bright (-6mag)

(Aug.21 23:22:39 EEST, -6mag, 17°altitude, Iridium 18), in Ophiuchus / Serpens

13 sec @ ISO800
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« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2008, 11:22:00 pm »

That looks like a top quality flare Roman- nice catch!
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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2008, 08:26:28 am »

Great capture Roman!  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2008, 09:00:12 am »

Thanks Martin and Steven. I think a top quality flare is when at -7...-8mag and at higher altitude.
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