{"id":239,"date":"2006-03-17T01:34:20","date_gmt":"2006-03-17T01:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/03\/17\/iridium_flare_n\/"},"modified":"2006-03-17T01:34:20","modified_gmt":"2006-03-17T01:34:20","slug":"iridium_flare_n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/03\/17\/iridium_flare_n\/","title":{"rendered":"Iridium Flare Near Sirius &#8211; March 5, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple weeks ago, while at the SAC meeting at Lowell Observatory, Padraig Houlahan noted that an Iridium Satellite was going to flare up to -8 magnitude shortly after the meeting. I had never seen one of these reflective rascals before, so I made sure to set up the camera to catch it along with Padraig. Right on time, a decently bright satellite began to sail down out of the north-northeast, headed almost straight for Sirius. Just as it got level with the belt of Orion, it quickly grew in brightness until it was like a distant motorcycle headlight glaring at us. It faded back out just as quickly and passed faintly just to the east of Sirius. The wide and magnified photographs are below.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2006\/img2006030501_IridiumWide.jpg\" color=ffffff border=1><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2006\/img2006030501_IridiumClose.jpg\" color=ffffff border=1><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple weeks ago, while at the SAC meeting at Lowell Observatory, Padraig Houlahan noted that an Iridium Satellite was going to flare up to -8 magnitude shortly after the meeting. 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