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29-APR-2012

Iridium 77 & 98

Guelph, Wellington Co., Ontario

Three iridium flares photographed over two evenings in the constellation Serpens. Iridium 77, the brightest in the image, flared at 04:40 on Apr 29. Iridium 98 passed just below at 04:37 on the following morning, after a very faint unidentified flare appeared in a nearby trajectory.

Iridium 77: USSPACECOM Catalog No. 25471; Int'l Designation Code 1998-051-E. Magnitude -8; Left MMA angle 0.1°, 2.5 km from flare centre.
Iridium 98: USSPACECOM Catalog No. 27451; Int'l Designation Code 2002-031-B. Magnitude -8; Left MMA angle 0.1°, 1.6 km from flare centre.
Source: heavens-above.com

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