RASC Hamilton Incredibly bright Iridium Flare tonight...

[Roger Hill]

There are two Iridium flares tonight.  The first is about 8:43 but it's the second that is noteworthy.  Less than two minutes later, and just a few degrees away in the sky, there is another one that will be almost magnitude -9 in places like Georgetown, Milton, Waterdown, Dundas, parts of Hamilton and down to Caledonia.

Flare Details for the second one at the Observatory are:
Date: 15 April 2015
Time: 20:45:09
Brightness: -9
Altitude: 66°
Azimuth: 116°
Sun altitude: -8.2°

To find your local circumstances, go to 
http://www.heavens-above.com/ 
and put in your location.

Roger

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