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Iridium flare (was Re: (meteorobs) Sighting on 2/8/1998 - 19:05 EST)
From Wayne:
>I am working with several very helpful satellite observers >to get upo to
speen...perhaps J.C. can give us more >detyails in the iridflar program he
uses?
I use a freeware DOS program (for PC only : sorry for Mac and Unix users)
called iridflar available from the satellite observers web site :
http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/vsohp/iridium.html
I you do not have web access I can send you the program by email.
Of course you will need up to date satellite elements to run the program.
I use the ones available from Alan Pickup's home page at
http://www.wingardot demon.codot uk/satevo/
There is another way to predict those flares (and passages of bright
satellites too) on the web.
Go to the Satellite visibility Home Page
http://www.gsoc.dlrdot de/satvis/
Then find or register your position (this must be accurate to 1 minute for
good iridium flare prediction)
and then you can have Iridium flare predictions for 7 days, Mir passes ...
of course this won't help a lot to explain a passed phenomenon a this web
site only gives predictions, not passed ephemeris.
I have all these programs because I am also a subscriber of the SeeSat
mailing list.
For all info about satellite observation the definitive web site is
Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page
http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/satintro.html
Sorry for my english as I have not much time tonight to re-read myself and
my mother language is French.
Hope this helps.
Jean-Christophe 'Papou' Millot - email : papou@canl.nc
Consultant en Technologies de l'Information - IT Consultant
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