Comments on: 23 times brighter than Venus!

By: Larry Sessions

Larry Sessions — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:29:36 +0000

Linda, I missed my most recent chance a few days ago due to clouds, but I’ll try again! By the way, keep an eye out for “noctilucent” clouds!

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:07:13 +0000

Cool birthday present.
One time a saw a daytime flare. It was awesome.
I regularly check Heavens Above on the Dr. Sky website.
I saw the flare at exactly the second it was predicted
and in the direction exactly predicted. It was cool.
Good idea to look for a birthday flare, day or night.
….Linda

By: jorgesalazar

jorgesalazar — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:08:57 +0000

Happy Birthday! Very cool birthday candle.

By: Larry Sessions

Larry Sessions — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:58:20 +0000

Hi, and thanks. I like to look for unusual things in the sky, rather than doing a lot of telescopic observing. I have a link on my computer to get the daily predictions of the Iridium satellites, as well as the Opera widget (although I rarely use Opera), and I occasionally check. I just happened to notice the -8 predicted for this morning. I hadn’t seen one that bright yet, so I thought I’d give it a shot. Now I’m ready for the real challenge — a daylight Iridium observation! There’s a -6.9 tomorrow night just before sunset here in Denver, so maybe I’ll try.

By: Deborah Byrd

Deborah Byrd — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:47:45 +0000

Wow! How on Earth did you ever figure out this was going to happen? And on your birthday? 23 times brighter than Venus???

Hey … happy birthday!

You deserve it!

Deborah