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Iridium Flares

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[Link & Zelda]

It seems Mopar has provided you with the definitive Geocaching.com search list

 

For those who stumble upon this thread, you can also subscribe to J-Pass. This is a list put out by NASA that shows the times, flight paths and apparent brightness of satellites, including the International Space Station. The ISS is usually the brightest of all satellites and is very easily seen. Learning to read the list requires a bit of study. But once you understand what the numbers mean, it's easily read.

 

I've found viewing iridium flares to be a frustrating experience. It entails being on the path of specular sunlight rays reflecting off the small solar panels of a satellite. This makes for a very narrow path of observance.

 

Here's the main J-Pass page (you can subscribe here):

http://science.nasa.gov/RealTime/JPass/20/

 

Here's an explanation of the format:

http://science.nasa.gov/RealTime/JPass/Pas...rator/help.html

 

Here's a good overview on the observation of satellites:

http://www.satobs.org/satintro.html

Edited February 12, 2004 by Link & Zelda

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Edit: oops, same link was listed. sorry

Edited February 12, 2004 by cache_us_if_you_can

[+New England n00b]

Mopar, what's your point?

[+mornin'glory]

this thread is going off topic for a sec.

 

new england n00b: love the pic of bucky!!!

[dutchmaster]

I've found viewing iridium flares to be a frustrating experience.

I use the Heavens Above site for Iridium flares and find it very accurate (with the proper coords) and have seen some spectacular flares. Granted they don't last long but that's what makes those teasers worth the hunt.

[+The Cheeseheads]

Where I am, everytime I look up the predicted times, they're always at some ungodly hour in the morning. I saw a bunch last summer where it seemed every night there was one around 10:00 pm, but that hasn't happened in awhile.

 

They are cool to see, though, and it's neat that they can be predicted like that!

[+Brian - Team A.I.]

I have yet to see one (that I knew was one), but there are a couple daytime ones I'm going to shoot for in the next few days. One a 6.9 and the other 8.0 from my home.

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Once you know where you're going to go to watch check here to see if it will be clear for viewing.