Here's a tripod-mounted shot of an Iridium satellite flare that occurred on 2005/05/08 using my Canon EOS Digital Rebel with the stock lens.

Dave Mitsky

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Very good pic.

I've got a shot of an Iridium flare in my camera right now. Hopefully it turns out as good as your shot.

Nice shot Dave. BBD when you get yours would you post it please?.

Here's a zoomed-in shot of a more brilliant flare (Iridium 95) that I took at the ASH Naylor Observatory on April 19th. It was mostly cloudy at the time.

http://www.heavens-above.com/satinfo.asp?S...wisberry&TZ=EST

Dave Mitsky

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A film photo of an Iridium flare from the same site that I took with a Pentax K1000 SLR camera and a 50mm Pentax lens is posted at http://dvaa.org/php/mpix.php?p=Dave_Mitsky...y&i=Flare042000

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Very nice, thank you, Dave.