Astrophoto: Iridium 12 Flare by Riad Hamamieh
Iridium 12 Flare. Credit: Riad Hamamieh
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This photo of the Iridium 12 flare was captured by Riad Hamamieh on October 15, 2011 at at 7:42 PM in Beirut, Lebanon.
Iridium 12 is one of the 66 active Iridium communication satellites orbiting the Earth. It was launched on June 18, 1997.
Riad used a Canon Powershot SX210 IS camera with CHDK. Camera is set at 32 sec exposure, f3.5 and ISO 400. It was cropped and adjusted using Photoshop CS3.
For more photos from Riad, here’s a link to his Flickr page.
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