10-11-2017, 05:22 PM
There is another brightish Iridium flare tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 18:54:04, more or less in exactly the same position as this evening's, but I suspect it'll be cloudy and quite wet and won't be visible. If the weather forecast doesn't play out, I'll try and post details tomorrow, but suspect we're in for a few very wet days.
The next extremely bright flare is on 21st October during twilight. Mag -8.3 so visible even with the sky not being dark. On October 30th, there is an extraordinarily bright flare of mag -9.4, which is by far and away the brightest prediction I've seen. I won't be here then but will try and post details a few days in advance. Mag -9.4 is about 100 times brighter than Venus at its brightest, so should be spectacular.
In the meantime, there are several ISS passes coming up from 15th October onwards. I'll post details in two or three days.
The next extremely bright flare is on 21st October during twilight. Mag -8.3 so visible even with the sky not being dark. On October 30th, there is an extraordinarily bright flare of mag -9.4, which is by far and away the brightest prediction I've seen. I won't be here then but will try and post details a few days in advance. Mag -9.4 is about 100 times brighter than Venus at its brightest, so should be spectacular.
In the meantime, there are several ISS passes coming up from 15th October onwards. I'll post details in two or three days.