Bright Iridium Flare tonight

[Mike]

At 19:10:44 tonight there will be a Mag -8.0 Iridium Flare (Iridium .

Altitude: 36º
Direction: 22º (slightly right of North)

These figures are for Orpington but should be valid for locations within a reasonable distance. The actual flare centre is 3.8km West of here.

If clear I am going to try taking an image of it with the Fisheye.

[MarkS]

Looking forward to the picture!

[Mike]

Here you go:- 

[The Thing]

Lovely!

[JohnP]

Excellent... Like the addition of roofs for scale... Nice one,  John

[MarkS]

Beautiful!  And very nicely timed.
How long was that exposure?

[Mike]

It was approximately 20 seconds. I used a remote cable and manually started and ended the exposure. You can usually see the iridium's well before they flare so I just watched it, started the exposure as soon as it looked like it was about to brighten then closed the shutter after it had faded.