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Re: (meteorobs) Re: meteorobs-digest V3 #161
At 12:18 AM 10/31/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi All!
>For what it's worth...
>
>First, regarding the Iridium 29 sighting, I have photographed several
>Iridiums and observed many more. I have yet to see an "orange" one. Is this
>effect common? What would sun angle have to do with the coloration? The
>light gets to the Iridium without passing through the atmosphere, and the
>reflected light comes to the observer generally well above the horizon. Am I
>missing something here?
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Yes, you are missing something here. At that time of day sunlight was
indeed passing through the atmosphere before striking the satellite, then
passing back through a tremendous amount of atmosphere to get to me. Time
and location . . .
J.
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>
>Second, regarding the purchase of fish-eye lenses. If you want one just for
>the Leonid potentiality, why not rent one? Most camera shops have used ones
>sitting on their shelves that they will rent out.
>That's what I intend to do. It beats shelling out $500 or so. BTW, I live
>in the sticks of northcentral PA. The camera shops I'm talking about are in
>small towns, not big cities.
>
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