Iridium 75 flare

[geppetto]

Tested out my ALT/AZ mount on my new pier for a shot at the flare from IR75.

Nikon D40 full zoom about 8 seconds exposure.

Bit noisy because the flare was a low intensity one and needed dragging out of the murk

with photoshop.

Mizar double stands out nicely to the left of the flare.

Anyway, proves the rig is set up OK as the flare was dead centre 8)

[lunator]

Phil

Good pic

congrats, glad it worked.

Cheers

Ian

[SteelRat]

S'pretty cool that is Phil - a successful test 8)

[Chubster]

Good one phil...still yet to see one of these flares...Notice in Starry night that there are loads of Iridiums floating about...when and how do they produce this flare. Is it just a case of waiting till SN says there is one over head then just looking up ?

[geppetto]

Is it just a case of waiting till SN says there is one over head then just looking up

Bit more exact than that Chubs.

You only see a flare if the angle of the satellite is correct to reflect sunlight down to where

your standing.

Go on here http://www.heavens-above.com

Enter in exact location of your house and then keep an eye on the daily predictions.

The very bright ones, mag -8 are spectacular 8)

[proflight2000]

nice one phil, not an easy thing to do at the best of times catching it flaring.

[dogfish]

Cool! Looks like there's a -8 flare coming very close to my house on Monday evening. Now, just need clear skies and an accurate watch

Thanks for that, Martin

[russ]

great shot Phil, easpecially as its not an easy shot

Russ