Iridium

IRIDIUM Gallery

Iridium 59 at Mag -3 (was -7 at flare center, 21 Km West of my location)

Imaged with an unmodified VC placed on a simple tripod

May 1^st, 2000, 21H28 UT

Click on satellite for a small animation taken at 1 image per sec (pose 1sec)
or here to download a 12 Ko which unzipped to a 132 Ko .avi file will give you a much better view.

Iridium 29 at Mag -8 (maximum just above my home !)

Imaged with an unmodified VC placed on a simple tripod

May 09^th, 2000, 21H58 UT

Click on satellite for a small animation taken at 1 image per sec (pose 1sec)
or here to download a 18 Ko which unzipped to a 53 Ko .avi file will give you a much better view.