RECORD # PASSES OF 1 SAT IN 1 NIGHT
Jay Respler (jrespler@injersey.com)
Wed, 27 Aug 1997 23:11:25 -0400 (EDT)
A few months ago, it was mentioned here that you might be able to see several
passes of Mir in 1 night. I forgot about it until I noticed Mir was scheduled
to make multiple passes for several nights. It wasn't easy to stay up, but I
saw 3 and 4 passes on different nights. Haze and trees got in the way of
seeing more. Finally, on July 31, the skies cleared, the moon was gone, and I
saw 5 passes of the same satellite, Mir, during the course of 1 evening. Has
anyone else tried this?
40.283 74.233 129. JAY RESPLER 1950 11.0 4 F T T T T
*** 1997 July 31 Thu evening *** Times are PM EDT *** 21 7 458
H M S Tim Azi ElC Dir Mag Dys F Hgt Shd Rng R A Dec RCS Name
8 57 44 .1 137 27C 271 .2 7 2 246 117 496 1912-12.0 Mir
10 33 53 .1 332 33C 91 1.1 7 2 247 55 424 1140 66.8
*** 1997 Aug 1 Fri morning *** Times are AM EDT *** 21 7 458
12 10 4 .1 337 12 85 3.9 7 3 247 5 828 1037 55.5 Mir 20x80
3 24 48 .1 29 37C 89 .8 7 4 248 22 394 456 67.0
5 0 54 .1 224 24C 269 .5 7 4 248 77 548 2156-14.4 Mir
Jay Respler
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