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Originally Posted by alphamone
Not sure if this is the right board for this.
Around 7:34pm yesterday (23rd march), I was waiting at a bus stop and just randomly looked up at the sky to see a flaring satellite. Heavens Above didn't have anything listed at negative magnitudes (and it was brighter than a recent -3 ISS flyover) for the entire night in my location, and the flare resembled previous Iridium flares I have watched.
So did I just get lucky and see one of the defunct, but not yet re-entered iridium satellites, or are there other satellites capable of producing similar, but unpredictable flares?
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You're right on the second count.
HST,ISSand many other satellites flair to various brightnesses.
Cant vouch if it was an Iridium as you live a long way away from me.
Good spotting anyway.
Cheers
