Iridium flares

Iridium tonight

These are the flare times of Iridium satellites over the location "Royal Observatory Edinburgh" during the 24 hour period following midday Universal Time of 2012-02-04, irrespective of daylight.

namestartpeakend
IRIDIUM 72 [+]13:04:45182.5°22.1°13:04:59182.5°24.2°1.3°13:05:11182.5°26.2°
IRIDIUM 74 [S]13:11:04187.3°21.6°13:11:05187.3°21.8°2.0°13:11:07187.3°22.1°
IRIDIUM 8 [+]19:11:43 22.6°42.4°19:11:51 21.2°40.3°0.3°19:12:01 19.6°37.8°
IRIDIUM 56 [+]07:53:00 63.4°36.9°07:53:07 66.4°37.2°0.2°07:53:14 69.6°37.4°

Listed are for each flare the name of the satellite, the start, peak and end of the flare. Start is here when the flare angle goes below 2°, end when it exceeds that value again. The peak is when the angle is at its smallest (to the nearest second). Apart from the times are listed the azimuth (0° N, 90° E, 180° S, 270° W) and elevation (0° horizon, 90° zenith). For the peak the flare angle is also listed.