Three morning planets and Iridium Flare by Bryan Murahashi

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24-NOV-2004

Three morning planets and Iridium Flare

Got up early to catch an Iridium flare. Iridium is a constellation of about 70+ low
earth satellites. It is very predictable when and where the sunlight reflects off
the solar panels will occur.

Reference : http://www.heavens-above.com/

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF
30s f/14.0 at 28.0mm iso1600 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	24-Nov-2004 06:58:50
Make	Nikon
Model	NIKON D70
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	28 mm
Exposure Time	30.00 sec
Aperture	f/14
ISO Equivalent	1600
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality	(6)
Exposure Program	manual (1)
Focus Distance

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Guest		30-Nov-2004 14:09
fascinating stuff, bryan, that flare is really distinct.

Josy's Pics		30-Nov-2004 05:12
WOW... Well done!

Donald Verger		29-Nov-2004 21:20
way cool! i am in maine, do you know when i could see this and do you have links to this flare, thanks, don