Iridium Flare Photos - Part 2
Iridium 13 flares at mag. -6 on Nov 8, 1998 at 17:24 UT from Barcelona,
in Catalonia, Spain at an altitude of 63 deg. and azimuth of 32 deg. Used Kodak
Gold 400 with 50 mm lens at f:1.8 (photo by Jordi Aloy)
Iridium 7 flares at mag. -4 on Oct 14, 1998 at 18:43 UT from Barcelona,
in Catalonia, Spain at an altitude of 59 deg. and azimuth of 13 deg. Used Kodak
Gold 400 with 50 mm lens at f:1.8 (photo by Jordi Aloy)
Iridium 35 flares at mag. -7 on Oct 15, 1998 at 18:37 UT from Barcelona,
in Catalonia, Spain at an altitude of 61 deg. and azimuth of 15 deg. Used Kodak
Gold 400 with 50 mm lens at f:1.8 (photo by Jordi Aloy)
Iridium 62 flare taken on July 30, 1998 at 18:38 (local time) near Happy
Valley, in South Australia with a 30 sec exposure using Kodak PPF400 with a
50mm at f:1.8 (photo by Craig Richardson )
Iridium 13 flare taken on March 19, 1999 at 11:18 UT near Jones Orchard,
Tennessee (35.32N/89.89W) with a 40 sec exposure using Kodak Gold 800, 35mm at
f:2.8 (photo by Jim Nix)
Iridium 39 flare taken on March 19, 1999 at 01:04 UT near Jones Orchard,
Tennessee (35.32N/89.89W) with a 45 sec exposure using Kodak Gold 800, 35mm at
f:2.8 (photo by Jim Nix)
Iridium 52 flare taken on March 17, 1999 at 11:30 UT near Jones Orchard,
Tennessee (35.32N/89.89W) with a 30 sec exposure using Kodak Gold 800, 75mm at
f:5.6 (photo by Jim Nix)
Flare of five (Ir 2, 83, 84, 85, 86) taken on Nov 10, 1998 at 15:39 UT
near St. Petersburg, Russia (lat 59.9N/lon. 29.1E) during 60 sec exposure using
Kodak Gold 100, 52mm at f:5.6 (photo by Igor G. Rozivika). Further details on SeeSat-L.
Iridium 25 magnitude -8 flare (2.6km W of flare center) elevation 49
deg., azimuth 54 deg. (NE) on Aug 5, 1999 at 20:31:42 UT in Germany at lat
51.62N/lon. 7.97E. 40 second exposure with a NIKON 24x36mm, f=60mm, 1:4,
aperture 3.5, 400ASA. (photo by Juergen
Giesen)
Iridium 84 (bright) and Iridium 54 were photographed August 12, 1999 at
Grandview Campground in the White Mountains of California (near Bishop) at 8500
feet elevation. P1600 Kodak Professional, pushed to 1600 ASA, A Zeiss Ikon 35mm
camera with a 250mm f/4 telephoto Zeiss lens attached to an Ed Byers 'Cam-Trak'
for a 7 minute exposure (near alpha Pegasi). (photo by James W. Young)
Iridium 52 was photographed August 13, 1999 at Grandview Campground in
the White Mountains of California (near Bishop) at 8500 feet elevation. P1600
Kodak Professional, pushed to 1600 ASA, A Zeiss Ikon 35mm camera with a 135mm
f/4 telephoto Zeiss lens attached to an Ed Byers 'Cam-Trak' for a 6 minute
exposure (alpha Pegasi lower left center). (photo by James W. Young)
Iridium 52 on November 14, 1999 at 00:58 UT in Houston, Texas
(29.75N/95.62W). Picture taken with a Fuji MX600-Z digital camera with no time
exposure and little exposure control. Camera was fooled by having bright
windows/streetlight illumination in the photo to satisfy the camera. (photo by
Paul L. Sventek)
Iridium 49 on November 28, 1999 at 22:35 local (+11 UT) from Australia
at Pymble near Sydney (33.75S/151.15E). 120 second exposure at f/3.5 with Fuji
Press 800. (photo by Geoff)
Iridium 67 was photographed on July 1, 2000 at Paderborn, Germany (N51.72/E8.74)
at 00:28 UTC. The camera was an Olympus C-2020 Zoom Digital using a 16 second time
exposure. Settings: ISO 200, F2.0 with slight optical zoom (1.5x) Markus caught the
flare by accident while photographing light pollution over his city. Deneb is the
brightest star at the top (constellation Cygnus), Altair is the bright star in the
lower right corner. The flare was caught maybe a second or two before its maximum
before fading out. The view is almost directly south with the sat rising in the sky.
(photo by Markus Mehring)
Iridium 54 on June 11, 2000 at 23:35 local (Mid Europe Summer Time) from
Neuenhaus, Germany (52.5N/6.97E). 20 second exposure with AGFA XRG 100.
(photo by Christoph Lohuis)
In a lucky shot, an Iridium satellite is photographed between the clouds from
Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (N18.1/W67.1). (photo copyright by
Frankie Lucena )
This picture was taken on May 3, 1999 at 00:14 UTC at Neubrandenburg, Germany
(13.3E, 53.6N). It shows flares from Iridium 86, NORAD 25528 (left) and Iridium
56, NORAD 25170 (right) near Kappa Ophiuchi. The brightness of both flares was
estimated to be at -8 magnitude.
(photo by Marko Stuhr)
Three weeks later on May 26, 1999 at 21:07 UTC Marko Stuhr got another chance to
photograph a double-flare. The picture shows Iridium 37, NORAD 24968 (above)and Iridium
51, NORAD 25262 (below) near Epsilon Leonis at magnitude -7. The same camera was used
with a 2 minute exposure on Koadacolor 400 film. The location was Greifswald,
Germany (13.4E, 54N). The sun was almost 11 degrees below the horizon.
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