From: Gregory Parkinson (glp@panix.com)
Date: 05/11/00-07:35:46 PM Z
I don't know if this has any alt-photo significance but I looked at these
links and will be out looking for the flare over the next week.
It's these sorts of unexpected connections and websites (in one, it gave
me information based on my living in Hoboken, NJ!) that make me
thankful for the internet.
gordo
At 9:41 AM -0600 5/11/00, Wayde Allen wrote:
>The antenna array on the Iridium satellites are very reflective, and if
>you happen to be watching the sky when it is positioned to reflect
>sunlight directly at you, the result is a flare of light approximately 100
>times brighter than Venus.
>
> http://www.satellite.eu.org/sat/vsohp/iridium.html
> http://www.skypub.com/sights/satellites/iridium.html
>
>You may have heard that the Iridium LLC corporation
><http://www.iridium.com/> went bankrupt several weeks ago, and the current
>plans are to de-orbit the entire (77 plus) satellite system
><http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/03/17c.html>. If you are interested in
>seeing an Iridium flare, you should do so soon. Tracking information can
>be found at <http://www.heavens-above.com/>.
>
>- Wayde
> (wallen@boulder.nist.gov)
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