Iridium 67 My First Iridium Flare!

[Cazagee]

Managed to see and photograph my first Iridium flare!

This is the wide shot

Cropped

I'm really chuffed with my first attempt. (Not sure what those red cirlces are!)

There's the techie bit:-

Iridium 67

Mag -8

Alt 42deg

Azimuth 141 deg (SE)

Time:-02:48:26 22 April 10

Location 3.5 km from flare centre

Panasonic Lumix FZ28

ISO 400, f4.0, 30 sec exposure

Clear skies

Carol:)

[jgs001]

Carol, well done on catching the flare. Watch out it's addictive ... Not sure about the circles, it looks like maybe some moisture spots on the lens maybe ? Fingerprints ?

[Cazagee]

Carol, well done on catching the flare. Watch out it's addictive ... Not sure about the circles, it looks like maybe some moisture spots on the lens maybe ? Fingerprints ?

It sure is! I can't wait to do it again!

I think it might be moisture. While setting up I stupidly took the lens cap off and left it off for about 10mins before taking the shot. I realised later that it had started to dew over. Won't make that mistake again!!

Thanks

Carol:)

[Jaffa007]

Great catch, can't wait to see more captures

[LukeSkywatcher]

I think it looks more like a meteor then a flare.

[teh_orph]

Do you find these things by just luck or is there some way of predicting when you can see one of these flares?

[Cazagee]

You can find predictions on either of these sites. Set your location to find out where and when to look.

http://www.calsky.com/

Heavens-Above Home Page

Carol:)