-6.7 and -4.5 Iridium flares 4 seconds apart

[melsky]

Two Iridium satellites flaring within 4 seconds of each other passing through Pegasus, Mag -6.7 and Mag 4.5.

I was ready to give up when the inevitable cloud rolled in ten minutes before the event, even more so when a few drops of rain started falling five minutes later but seeing as I was all set up I persevered. Well the rain stopped and I started shooting with 20 seconds to go and for once got lucky with a small gap in the cloud appearing in the right place, at the right time.

Animation here

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Mel

[LukeSkywatcher]

Very nice Mel.

[Pavel]

Nice catch.

[laser_jock99]

Good perservance- I would have packed up.

[split_city]

Great capture despite the clouds

[bus_ter]

Kind of cool with the clouds and how they light up with the flare!

[Altair]

I think that effort is worth at least 10 gold stars for perseverance!