Flash Iridium

[Syne Ayako]

Do you know the Flash Iridium?

Iridium Flash, you can all be seen in,

Idium: Types of Satellites

Flash Iridiums are actually the sun's rays reflect off the solar panels Satellite "Iridium", which depending on where we are, we can see the flash.
More or less powerful.

The flashes can be magnitude -0.1 to -8.6 for the rarest.
Biensur I say value I've seen on my software.

The value "-" does not mean that the brightness is low, just as an example:

The moon is magnitude -10.76
Polar Star: -1.95
(Source: Stellarium at once).
Flash can be rapid where take a few seconds.

Have you ever witnessed?

My first and only was the night of the stars in 2013.

 

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Iridium

 

I have no video or photo,
I would think when the post that I have one.

 

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I've been looking the sky for years during that famous "night of stars" in summer, but never witnessed such a thing !

 

good to know, so it can happen at some points in a day ? is it possible to know when it's gonna happen and wait for it by looking the sky ? I can imagine it doesn't happen very often, depending on where you live too

[Syne Ayako]

This happens more often than you can believe
It may happen to be three days, for example by.

Yes, it can happen that it happens in broad daylight,
Only the strongest can be seen.

It does not happen at night stars, mine I saw there,
Stroke of luck that evening he had a passing.

I have on my laptop software that shows the time of passage of Satellites.
Everything depends on the position and sky ..
A satellite is in Vendée, will not necessarily be seen at the same time in Normandy, if any.

Software: ISS Detector.


If not for France:

http://www.astrosurf.com/astroqcvc/irridium.htm

Do not confuse Iridium Flash with "ISS" (International Space Station).

 

 

For me, Monday: Iridium 61 at 06:39:49 -> magnitude -0.8

Thuesday: Iridium 52 21:10:32 ->magnitude -7.4

Etc..

 

 

For exemple Saturday i've 2 Iridium:

 

Iridium 5 with magnitude -3.9 at 06:18:28

and Iridium 63 with magnitude -0.9 at 23:05:24

Edited April 6, 2014 by Syne Ayako