05-15-2017, 04:43 PM
If the weather improves (it's forecast to), there's a very bright Iridium flare predicted for the evening of Wednesday 17th May at 20:20:24. Again, Jupiter will help find the position before the flare.
If you locate Jupiter (fairly high up if you look in the south) and then look eastwards, you'll see a bright star. This is Arcturus (Hokule'a in Hawaiian). The satellite will pass just east of Arcturus before the flare which will occur to the east of Jupiter.
It's predicted magnitude is -7.6 which is roughly 130 times brighter than Jupiter, so ought to be very bright!
Sky track: https://goo.gl/OxgFlx
If you locate Jupiter (fairly high up if you look in the south) and then look eastwards, you'll see a bright star. This is Arcturus (Hokule'a in Hawaiian). The satellite will pass just east of Arcturus before the flare which will occur to the east of Jupiter.
It's predicted magnitude is -7.6 which is roughly 130 times brighter than Jupiter, so ought to be very bright!
Sky track: https://goo.gl/OxgFlx