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Old August 6th 10, 04:38 PM posted to sci.astro.satellites.visual-observe
Patty Winter
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In article ,
Daniel Minge wrote:
On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 03:05:10 -0400, "Von Fourche"


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Thanks. I did see my first flair. I was about a month or so ago. It was,
I think ten miles or so away. I saw it
moving fast across the sky and got brighter for a few seconds, then dropped
down to it's original brightness.


Ten miles away?

Uhhhh?


I think Von meant that he was 10 miles from the centerline of flare
visibility. Pretty sure he didn't mean 10 miles from the satellite. :-)


Patty