08-19-2016, 05:21 PM
My neighbor and I watched the ISS this evening - beautiful! The times for the ISS visibility are precise and accurate, so anything seen outside those times would not have been the ISS, plus the ISS does not blink. I suspect Gypsy saw an aircraft at high altitude.
There is a bright Iridium flare this Monday evening. Times and brightness for Kaloli Point:
Monday 22nd August at 19:30:49;
Location: elevation 60 degrees above the horizon, azimuth 135 degrees (SE). For anyone who saw the ISS tonight, the flare will happen very close to where the ISS disappeared in the Earth's shadow;
Magnitude: -7.4 which is extremely bright. It will only last for a few seconds though;
The center of the flare path is slightly east of Kaloli Point and heads south almost directly over Pahoa.
There is a bright Iridium flare this Monday evening. Times and brightness for Kaloli Point:
Monday 22nd August at 19:30:49;
Location: elevation 60 degrees above the horizon, azimuth 135 degrees (SE). For anyone who saw the ISS tonight, the flare will happen very close to where the ISS disappeared in the Earth's shadow;
Magnitude: -7.4 which is extremely bright. It will only last for a few seconds though;
The center of the flare path is slightly east of Kaloli Point and heads south almost directly over Pahoa.