Caught another view of the Priroda module last night on a very favorable (overhead!) pass. At 0338 UT April 26 (Quicksat output given below) Mir disappeared overhead, reaching magnitude -1 at brightest. Priroda followed 2 min 48 sec later, and peaked at magnitude +2.2 (same as Polaris). The two objects had a different phase angle response, with Mir brightening steadily until it entered the earth's shadow, while Priroda had already begun to dim slightly when it entered the shadow. At the same elevation (45 degrees) and roughly the same phase angle, Mir was -0.6 and Priroda +2.2, making the module 2.8 magnitudes fainter than Mir. I presume the two were at nearly the same altitude, since the orbital periods are only about 30 seconds different. It is indeed rare to catch these Russian rendezvous from this side of the globe. The Quicksat output: Apr 26 Fri UT 241 1117 3 38 45 .2 54 305 0 -1.5 11 7 249 72 303 736 50.9 Mir cheers, Rich (richard.keen@filebank.com)