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Originally posted by the4thhorseman
Awesome...thanks for the link! If my time was off. I thought it was 10 maybe it was 9 then it may be Iridium 47.
Originally posted by the4thhorseman
Bright? These were not very bright they were dim..if you shifted for any reason you would lose them and it would take second to find them. This may have to do with the light pollution from our streetlights and the city near by..thoedit on 4-8-2011 by the4thhorseman because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Lost_Mind
Originally posted by the4thhorseman
Bright? These were not very bright they were dim..if you shifted for any reason you would lose them and it would take second to find them. This may have to do with the light pollution from our streetlights and the city near by..thoedit on 4-8-2011 by the4thhorseman because: (no reason given)
Oh, sorry I was being coy. The moon is a -12.74 so yes they are pretty dim. Negative on the scale is brighter, positive is dimmer. Just for comparison, Sirius, the brightest night star is a magnitude -1.46 and the ISS is about a magnitude -3.00