Checking Heavens-Above, tonight where I live (Tampa Bay, FL) there are 2 iridium flares at pretty much the same spot in the sky 8 seconds apart. They are different satelites too. One is a -2 and the other is a -8.

21 Mar 20:02:18 -2 50° 141° (SE ) 21.6 km (W) -8 Iridium 38
21 Mar 20:02:26 -8 49° 139° (SE ) 1.8 km (W) -8 Iridium 18

Should be interesting, I havent seen anything like this before.

There was one memorable night where I live when there was an iridium flare and a pass of the ISS, both visible within just a few minutes of each other.

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talk about bad luck, we havent had rain here in almost a month, but TONIGHT there are heavy clouds out -_-

Neat. At 8 seconds apart, and that close together, it is an excellent candidate for coolest astrophoto to whoever is awake at the switch.

No, the coolest, if I had my camera at that moment, was when I saw the Shuttle and the ISS separate as two bright spots in the evening sky, clearly visible with the naked eye.

That would be cool but visible from most of half the country. Only in a small radius would RealTalk's event be possible (if caught at near max. magnitude) and to me even more precious. To each his own.