"DarkMatter" <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 22:26:45 -0800, "Ugly Bob" <ugly_bob42@hotmail.com>
Gave us:

http://www.iridium.com/

  Very cool stuff!  Thanks!

It's also worth going to:
 www.heavens-above.com
and follow the link under Satellites for 'Iridium Flares'

The site does require you to log-in, but thats free and easy. You'll get a
table of times and locations for when the Iridium satellites are in such a
position to reflect sunlight, causing a brief FLASH in the sky.

The ability to predict such an event to the precise second is a good example
of how the scientific method works, and also provides a fun thing to do on a
winters evening.

Alfred

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