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(meteorobs) FIDAC-NEWS: Daylight Iridium flare video
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>Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 19:02:04 +0200 (MET DST)
>From: Mailing List Operator <news@charlie.luc.acdot be>
>Subject: Daylight Iridium flare video
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>>Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 18:50:42 +0000 ()
>>From: Marco Langbroek <marcolan@stad.dsldot nl>
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>>Hi,
>>
>>Seems that there is a new source of potential 'daylight fireball' reports.
>>Belgian amateurs already had reported seeing the Iridium satelite flares
>>in broad daylight. And now it turns out you can even film them by accident.
>>
>>Jos Nijland yesterday presented us a video taken by a relative, who is
>>studying at the cinematographic academy. He had to do a subject on 'moving
>>clouds', so he set up his video late june to film a blue sky with drifting
>>cumuli.
>>
>>On the video (that is a daylight picture, to be clear) by accident two
>>Iridium flares have been filmed 3 minutes apart. Jos initially thought
>>about possible daylight fireballs, but one look of us was enough to
>>identify it as Iridium flares. No problem seeing them in the picture!
>>They took about 5-10 secs, the well known image of brightening and then
>>fading again, while moving slowly. Very spectacular! But a possible source
>>of confusion for 'fireball' reports.
>>
>>-Marco Langbroek
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