Tumbling irdium flare? 15.01.2016

[Pete Presland]

I went out on Friday evening to catch a -7 mag Iridium flare that was occurring in my location. The capture of the flare was a bit of a failure, but it was "photo-bombed" by a object that resembled what I though was an tumbling iridium flare. The gap is where I took two exposures.

[michaelmorris]

Great serendipitous capture.

[bejay1957]

The brightness is pretty constant, so I doubt its an Iridium

[Pete Presland]

2 hours ago, bejay1957 said:

The brightness is pretty constant, so I doubt its an Iridium

What do you think then, maybe just a spinning satellite?

[StuartJPP]

3 hours ago, bunnygod1 said:

What do you think then, maybe just a spinning satellite?

I'd say so...an Iridium flare comes and goes pretty quickly and I haven't seen them tumbling/spinning...though I may be mistaken.

[laudropb]

Looks like a rotating satellite to me.