Iridium 82 "?" flare okay

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Sun Aug 26 2001 - 02:15:27 PDT

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Last night Iridium 82 "?" (25467, 98-051A) flared pretty much 
as predicted by Iridflar; maybe a bit fainter.  Five minutes 
later I was able to show a really nice predicted -6 flare from 
Iridium 17 (24870, 97-034B) to a couple of passers-by.  It was 
only 9 degrees above the horizon and got me to wondering, as I 
have before, about atmospheric extinction.  I sometimes wonder 
how variable the transparency of the sky (when it's "clear") 
is near the horizon and how faithful the models are to it.  

Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

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