SlyCoopersButt
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It's a thing I love to do on my back porch thanks to when I found http://www.heavens-above.com/. I've seen Hubble at least twice which got suprisingly bright and I've seen several spy satellites and leftover boosters. I've seen ISS a couple weeks ago and it was an amazing sight in the morning just half an hour or so before sunrise when the sky was partly cloudy and this brilliantly bright star was moving in between them for about four minutes. I think the magnitude was rated a brilliant -2.4 something. I never saw such an amazing pass before!
And last but not least, The Iridium Flares. They are my very favorite to see! And they are fairly common at times. Though I seem to have a drought of them lately since their current orbits aren't favorable for viewing, But I've seen more of them than anything else. I'm still waiting for the big one that's supposed to flare up to -8 or even -9 on rare occasions. Anyone else look at Flares? And what does -8 look like to you?
And last but not least, The Iridium Flares. They are my very favorite to see! And they are fairly common at times. Though I seem to have a drought of them lately since their current orbits aren't favorable for viewing, But I've seen more of them than anything else. I'm still waiting for the big one that's supposed to flare up to -8 or even -9 on rare occasions. Anyone else look at Flares? And what does -8 look like to you?