06-18-2017, 05:15 AM
Weather permitting, there's an Iridium flare tonight at 7:37 PM. Brightest over Keaau and Hawaiian Acres, but still a brilliant -5.0 mag over HPP and Pahoa.
The satellite will rise in the north at 7:30 PM, passing just east of the Big Dipper at 7:36, with the flash occurring a minute later northeast of Jupiter, before it passes Jupiter.
Here's the sky chart:
http://www.heavens-above.com/FlareSkyCha...at=19.5999&lng=-154.9457&loc
If you stay outside a little longer, the Atlas Centaur 2 will pass right through the Big Dipper between 7:43 and 7:44, at an easily visible 1.7 mag. It will be moving from west to northeast.
The satellite will rise in the north at 7:30 PM, passing just east of the Big Dipper at 7:36, with the flash occurring a minute later northeast of Jupiter, before it passes Jupiter.
Here's the sky chart:
http://www.heavens-above.com/FlareSkyCha...at=19.5999&lng=-154.9457&loc
If you stay outside a little longer, the Atlas Centaur 2 will pass right through the Big Dipper between 7:43 and 7:44, at an easily visible 1.7 mag. It will be moving from west to northeast.
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