Comments on: Two carnivals, no waiting http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:59:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Wagner http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-198145 Mike Wagner Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:48:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/#comment-198145 Nope. No luck finding out what it was. Heavens Above doesn't have anything on file for 2 minutes before the ISS flew over here last night. It would have flashed around 8 minutes after midnight Atlantic Daylight Time, in the center of Ursa Major from my viewpoint. The ISS passed near the same point at 11 minutes after. Whatever it was it was bright :) The ISS pass in 10 minutes is going to be even brighter than last nights show. Woot! Nope. No luck finding out what it was. Heavens Above doesn’t have anything on file for 2 minutes before the ISS flew over here last night. It would have flashed around 8 minutes after midnight Atlantic Daylight Time, in the center of Ursa Major from my viewpoint.
The ISS passed near the same point at 11 minutes after.
Whatever it was it was bright :)
The ISS pass in 10 minutes is going to be even brighter than last nights show. Woot!

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]]> By: Mike Wagner http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-197944 Mike Wagner Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:56:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/#comment-197944 The Iridium satellites have a large antenna array which catches the light and makes them really bright for a short time. It's pretty cool. Oddly enough, I checked to see which one it was and it can't have been an Iridium satellite since the closest one passed by 30 minutes beforehand. Guess I'll have to investigate further to see which one it might have been. The Iridium satellites have a large antenna array which catches the light and makes them really bright for a short time. It’s pretty cool.
Oddly enough, I checked to see which one it was and it can’t have been an Iridium satellite since the closest one passed by 30 minutes beforehand.
Guess I’ll have to investigate further to see which one it might have been.

]]> By: KD5NRH http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-197876 KD5NRH Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:41:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/#comment-197876 Dude: you're missing what has to be the goofiest pareidolia of the decade: http://cbs13.com/local/michael.jackson.tree.2.1072797.html Dude: you’re missing what has to be the goofiest pareidolia of the decade: http://cbs13.com/local/michael.jackson.tree.2.1072797.html

]]> By: IBY http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-197867 IBY Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:13:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/#comment-197867 @Mike It is indeed a spectacular sight, and for me, it happened conveniently at a star party held by the Delaware astro club I am in. Say, what is that iridium flare you are talking about? @Mike
It is indeed a spectacular sight, and for me, it happened conveniently at a star party held by the Delaware astro club I am in.
Say, what is that iridium flare you are talking about?

]]> By: IBY http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-197868 IBY Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:13:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/#comment-197868 @Mike It is indeed a spectacular sight, and for me, it happened conveniently at a star party held by the Delaware astro club I am in. Say, what is that iridium flare you are talking about? D'oh! Double post! Stupid mouse @Mike
It is indeed a spectacular sight, and for me, it happened conveniently at a star party held by the Delaware astro club I am in.
Say, what is that iridium flare you are talking about?

D’oh! Double post! Stupid mouse

]]> By: Mike Wagner http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-197841 Mike Wagner Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:21:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/07/two-carnivals-no-waiting/#comment-197841 Finally! After a week of cloudy weather I finally saw the ISS pass over for the first time in my life. It was huge, bright, and fast. What an awesome sight. And as a prelude I got to see an Iridium flare two minutes before :) Finally! After a week of cloudy weather I finally saw the ISS pass over for the first time in my life. It was huge, bright, and fast. What an awesome sight.
And as a prelude I got to see an Iridium flare two minutes before :)

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