Friday, September 7, 2007

Iridium Flare Observation 9/6/07

Observation place: Near Bee Ridge and Cattleman (my house)
Time: About 8:55 at night
Observation: The flare originally looked like just a faint star, hard to see, until you realized that it was moving. It got steadily brighter, lasting about 15 seconds or so, and passed just to the right of the North star, going South to North. During its peak it was easily the brightest thing in the northern sky, much brighter than Jupiter when I turned southward and looked at the star in order to compare. The flare happened almost due north, and just above the tree line.

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