Appears 18h41m45s 3.4mag az:276.0° W horizon
Culmination 18h47m03s -3.6mag az:193.9° SSW h:54.1°
distance: 495.8km height above Earth: 407.9km elevation of Sun: -13°
Disappears 18h48m58s -2.7mag az:123.0° ESE h:21.2°
Crossing the top of Orion, crossing nearly Procyon
Iridium flares from Tissington sky on Tuesday 17 February 2015
5h09m55s COSMO-SkyMed 1 Flare from SAR-Panel Magnitude=-1.9mag
Azimuth=131.9° SE altitude= 81.0° in constellation Bootes
Flare angle=2.70°
Flare center line, closest point →MapIt: Longitude=1.308°W Latitude=+53.140° (WGS84) Distance=29.9 km Azimuth= 74.6° ENE Peak Magnitude=-2.7mag
Satellite above: longitude=0.7°W latitude=+52.5° height above Earth=630.3 km distance to satellite=637.1 km
Altitude of Sun=-20.3°
This is an experimental flare prediction. Brightness estimate may be unreliable. Please report a successful observation (Object/site coordinates/date/measured time/accuracy/magnitude).
5h18m38s Iridium 67 Flare from MMA1 (Right antenna) Magnitude=-5.0mag
Azimuth= 4.9° N altitude= 28.4° in constellation Cassiopeia
Flare angle=0.33°
Flare center line, closest point →MapIt: Longitude=1.867°W Latitude=+53.067° (WGS84) Distance=8.4 km Azimuth=269.0° W Peak Magnitude=-6.5mag
Satellite above: longitude=0.1°E latitude=+63.1° height above Earth=787.5 km distance to satellite=1424.6 km
Altitude of Sun=-19.0°
20h41m46s Metop A Flare from fixed mounted left looking ASCAT Magnitude=-4.1mag
Azimuth=354.7° N altitude= 42.2° in constellation Draco
Flare angle=0.34°
Flare center line, closest point →MapIt: Longitude=1.843°W Latitude=+53.055° (WGS84) Distance=7.0 km Azimuth=257.0° WSW Peak Magnitude=-4.4mag
Satellite above: longitude=3.0°W latitude=+59.9° height above Earth=829.8 km distance to satellite=1158.5 km
Altitude of Sun=-30.2°
This is an experimental flare prediction. Brightness estimate may be unreliable. Please report a successful observation (Object/site coordinates/date/measured time/accuracy/magnitude).
Solar Eclipse Calendar for 17 February
February 17, 1865 May 20, 1825 Birth of George Phillips Bond at Dorchester, Massachusetts. July 28, 1851 First American eclipse expedition to Europe when George Phillips Bond (1825 - 1865) led a team to Scandinavia. Died of tuberculosis on 17 February 1865 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.