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As a new member on what is a perfectly clear moonless and deep sky in the southern highlands in New South Wales I have a simple question.
Is Jupiter really only -2.9 currently as the references say in terms of maximum apparent magnitude.
This evening at 6.33 there was a predicted Iridium flare of -4 a bit to the east of Arcturus which as a reference point of 0.04 seemed quite accurate.
However Jupiter which was at a similar elevation in a different quadrant seemed obviously brighter.
About a month ago, when Jupiter was low in the west pre dawn, I did compare it to a predicted -8.3 Iridium flare almost directly overhead but that most definitely outshone the planet. Quite a sight too.
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