Bilder von Iridium Flares

Diese Lichtblitze entstehen, wenn die ebenen Flächen der Irdium-Satelliten Sonnenlicht zum Beobachter reflektieren. Diese Leuchterscheinungen werden z. B. unter http://www.heavens-above.com vorhergesagt.

date
(yy/mm/dd)
time (UT) exp. time
(min/sec)
camera / telescope film / CCD Remarks
Double Iridium flare
click on image for full scale crop
2008/12/29
17:55:07
-
17:56:42
95 sec
Canon EOS 40D
+
Canon 24-85 mm 3.5 - 4.5
@ 24 mm f/5.6
ISO 400
AWB

Double Iridium flare

two Iridium flares occured within 1 minute of each other at nearly the same position

processing with Photoshop:
color corection
clipping
scaling

Iridium flare
99/03/17
18:32:53
(middle of exposure)
30 sec
Canon EOS 50 E
+
Sigma APO
170-500 mm
5.0 - 6.3
@ 170 mm
f/11
Fuji Sensia 400

Iridium 42 flare
-8 mag

pre image calculations done with Satellite Visibility Homepage of DLR/GSOC and Guide 7

image made in dark twilight
brigth star at upper right is Pollux

slide scanned with Nikon Coolscan at 800 dpi

processing with Photoshop:
color corection
clipping
scaling
save as JPEG

Iridium flare

99/01/29

18:35:03
(middle of exposure)

90 sec

Canon EOS 50 E
+
Canon EF
24-85 mm
1:3.5 - 4.5
@ 85mm
f/4.5

Fuji Sensia II 100

Iridium 6 flare in Orion
-8 mag

pre image calculations done with Satellite Visibility Homepage of DLR/GSOC and Guide 7

slide scanned with Nikon Coolscan at 800 dpi

processing with Photoshop:
color corection
clipping
scaling
save as JPEG

 


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