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After a seven-year break, a revisit of the Iridium family of satellites was way overdue. Here is tonight's offering, the first one to be captured here digitally. The previous efforts, taken seven years ago, can be seen here and here. Interesting to see how close in the sky the two shots are. Find out more about Iridium (and other) satellites, including to-the-second accurate predictions of when they will appear, at the Heavens Above site.

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