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I missed another Iridium Flare..how long do they last?
Hi guys,
After catching my first -1 flare last week, I tried last night around 6:20pm for a -8. My wife left work early so she would be home in time and I invited one of the neighbours over for a look as their son is very interested in science.
We were all staring into the sky by about 6:20 (prediction was 6:23:40) and looked in what I thought would be the correct place...at about 6:26 we gave up! Our daughter reckons she saw something but it only lasted a very brief period.
So my question now is, how long do they last? The one last week lasted nearly a minute as it traversed across the sky. Do they all last this long or do they vary a lot, down to litterally a "flash"?
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