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Originally Posted by Rob_K
Hi Vincent! I'm a bit of an Iridium flare freak and have always found the info given on Heavens Above to be spot-on in time & magnitude. EXCEPT for one embarrassing episode at Snake Valley, Vic, where a promised mag -8 flare failed to eventuate.  But I think that was 'pilot error' - ie I must have mucked up the location or something. 
Re astroron's comment about mag -8 flares being close to overhead, I don't think that's quite right. They can be pretty much anywhere. 
Cheers - |
According to "Heavens Above" the further away from your location the flair is the dimmer it is for you at your location
If you where undernieth it it would be -8, subject to how much sunlight it may receive. It would not be mag -8 for you at your location if the flair was forty kilometers away.
That is my understanding of what" Heavens Above" is telling me.
I will stand corrected if anyone can more enlighten me
