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Oct 08, 2013 17:54 as a reply to  @ post 16355180 |  #16

Really cool shots, well done. I know there are sites to predict these flares, is it as easy as looking at a given location at the specified time? I am thinking of when I observe a ISS flyover, always there on time. Can you provide a link to such a site?




  
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Oct 08, 2013 21:37 |  #17

^^^
I find it much easier to picture the satellite glint first on camera and then knowing time and location figure out which was that from the chart.
Things to remember, Iridium class of satellites being communication sats, travel West<> East (That is unlike the spy satellites that travel usually North<>South) and you may not find all the spy ones on the chart for a good reason.


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Oct 09, 2013 02:02 |  #18

samsen wrote in post #16356990 (external link)
Things to remember, Iridium class of satellites being communication sats, travel West<> East

No, they don't! Iridium satellites travel North<>South, over the poles. All my photos show this. Here is the info: http://en.wikipedia.or​g …m_satellite_con​stellation (external link)


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