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Observing the Shining "Constellation" of Iridium Flares
 
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Observing the Shining "Constellation" of Iridium Flares


"In skywatching circles, the Iridium satellites stand apart because their flat, shiny, door-size antenna arrays (three per spacecraft) periodically reflect sunlight toward the ground, causing brief (seconds-long) but brilliant flares"

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/projects/3307166.html
 
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