Iridium 18

[geppetto]

Not a very bright one, only mag -3 at my location but it

served its purpose.

Normally I set my camera fixed on a tripod and open the shutter for a few

seconds to catch the flare.

With this one, I mounted the camera on my motorised barn door and

opened the shutter for 1 minute, timed to coincide with the flare half way through

the exposure.

I'll use this method again because it gives a nice background to the flare

and puts it in context with that part of the sky.

[Rob]

Very nice matey.. I really like that shot.

Rob

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Great shot. Love these flare pictures with the starry backgrounds.

Captain Chaos

[FLO]

Like that one Phil

[geppetto]

Thanks guys

[The Warthog]

Nice shot. I'll have to try one. Actually, -3 is pretty bright even if they do get up to -8 sometimes. I saw one at 0 a couple of nights ago. Almost didn't realize it was a flare, as the sky was a little hazy, and I thought it was an ordinary satellite.

Good job!

[geppetto]

Thanks WH

I got an eyeful of a -8 flare through my

130mm reflector once, that woke me up :shock:

Its interesting chasing these little devils 8)

[OXO]

Excellent Catch Phil thought i had replied to this earlier but must of slipped my mind...