ChrisWei | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 27 2007 | iridium, satellite
These are the guys. Worked out a 'special plan'.
- ChrisWei | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 26 2007 | iridium, satellite, shopping
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- ChrisWei | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 18 2006 | astronomy, iridium
Irridium satellites are geo-synchonous communications satellites -- the flash looks a bit like a very slow shooting star. Some are very bright (magnitude -7!). Given a lat-long you can get a schedule and as long as you have an accurate watch, they are not hard to see.
Quoted: Observing Iridium flashes - a spectacular new phenomena in the sky
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