05-18-2017, 06:42 PM
HOTPE, thanks for starting this thread [
] It's more interactive for the backyard astronomer, star gazer (that'd be me) and the astronomer (that'd be Tom) guiding all the above and we are all enjoying what's happening out there in the night sky! I used to do a lot of star gazing and this thread and the contributions people have made in information has gotten me out there again star gazing. Mahalo!
TomK, I appreciate your giving these kinds of heads up on the scheduling of iridium flares and explaining how to recognize and understand what we're observing. That was kind of you to give us the scheduling of future viewings for the ISS and iridium flares.
Last night, my husband and I saw 3 satellites. The 3rd was just a bit south in it's path but traveled the same direction. The 1st iridium flare was fantastic! Truly amazing!
Safe travels TomK to you and Pam. Going to the motherland, eh? I've recently discovered I have a lot of ancestors going back centuries from those areas up to those that sailed over to the east coast in the 1500's...
Don't forget to bring this w/you...
https://goo.gl/p7xNO7
] It's more interactive for the backyard astronomer, star gazer (that'd be me) and the astronomer (that'd be Tom) guiding all the above and we are all enjoying what's happening out there in the night sky! I used to do a lot of star gazing and this thread and the contributions people have made in information has gotten me out there again star gazing. Mahalo!TomK, I appreciate your giving these kinds of heads up on the scheduling of iridium flares and explaining how to recognize and understand what we're observing. That was kind of you to give us the scheduling of future viewings for the ISS and iridium flares.
Last night, my husband and I saw 3 satellites. The 3rd was just a bit south in it's path but traveled the same direction. The 1st iridium flare was fantastic! Truly amazing!
Safe travels TomK to you and Pam. Going to the motherland, eh? I've recently discovered I have a lot of ancestors going back centuries from those areas up to those that sailed over to the east coast in the 1500's...
Don't forget to bring this w/you...
https://goo.gl/p7xNO7