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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 - |
Thanks Ron & Rob for your input. What frustrated me was Heavens-above's timing and location in the sky was spot on. Only the brightness was way off. My place was predicted a -8 mag, same as the centre of flare which was only 1 km away. I wonder if altitude of location plays a part in all this?
My place is some 40m above sea level??