The epicentre being only 4km east of melb. Intensity does drop considerably with distance, so if you aren't very close to melb it won't be as bright, by 30km away from melb the intensity is only 0. That's still pretty bright I guess but it's not -7 ! Isn't that bright enough to cast a shadow?? I've never seen one so I'm crossing my fingers for clear skies.
I registered myself on the website and while trying to find the exact location of my house I came across this site:
which people may find useful, you can enter your address and get very precise coordinates. So if you aren't close to melb you can enter your own location on heavens-above and look up the "iridium flares" that are happening close to you... happy hunting
Last edited by vespine; 29-03-2006 at 08:34 AM.
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Alright, who bought a scope yesterday? I'm holding you personally responsible for the complete could cover all of yesterday They seem quite frequent so I'm sure I'll catch one soon..
Yes, sorry about that Vespine. It was me!!! I bought a new eyepeice on sat and have been dying to test it out and ,yes as you know clouds just came from everywhere!!!!!
Actually, since then.. well, i may have gone and bought the 12" lightbridge and! Come on! Give me a frikken break! Non stop cloud cover for 5 days in a row now and the rest of the week doesn't look like letting up either
They seem quite frequent so I'm sure I'll catch one soon..
