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Iridium Satellite Flare Photography by David Forshaw



28th June 1998 at 23:38:35BST
Iridium 64 Mag -4
Elev 42° AZ 257°(W).

1st July 1998 at 23:29:37BST
Iridium 63 Mag -6
Elev 37° AZ 263°(W).

6th July 1998 at 23:17:50BST
Iridium 74 Mag -1
Elev 30° AZ 274° (W).

7th July 1998 at 23:11:49BST
Iridium 70 Mag -6
Elev 30° AZ 275° (W).

16th July 1998 at 23:13:25BST
Iridium 70 Mag -4
Elev 14° AZ 298° (NW).
Images taken on Agfa CT200 slide film at f1.4. Taken 2 secs before and after flare. Average total expos 9 - 10 secs long.


More Images from David.


-7 Iridium flare, with Jupiter
Saturn and Passing plane.
Jan 22nd 1999.

Four Planets, From top
Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Mercury.
From Eccleston, St Helens.
Feb 27th 1999.

Mock Sun Feb 15th 1999
from the Algarve.

Images taken with 50mm lens/Pentax K1000 on Agfa 200 film. (Iridium image taken with 28mm lens).


Images of Sunsets on Merseyside.



Sunset behind The Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.
May 23rd 1997.

Sunset behind The Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.
May 21st 1998.

Sun setting behind Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.
May 21st 1998.

Sun setting behind The Liverpool Echo Office Building & Mossley Hill Church.
May 21st 1998.

Sun setting behind Liverpool Metroplitan Cathedral.
May 30th 1998.

Location: Mersey heights, Frodsham. Taken via prime focus through a Celestron C5 Telescope, f10. Using Agfa 200 slide film.

All Images are © David Forshaw

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Last updated on June 7th 1999.