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Old 06-01-2009, 12:55 PM
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iridum flare

ive been chasing them for a few years know and realy enjoy there brief but bright flare.last night was one of the best sights id seen there was a -8mag ese 21.56 home address .grabed the wife ,come out and well look at this one watching it come to its peak mag i noticed a second satellite about 8 deg behind it but just a fraction higher the first sat peaked a beautiful -8 yellow color looked brilliantthen around 4 seconds later the second peaked at around -7mag yellow we were both thrilled with what we had seen how often would you see 2 like that absolutly amazing
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