> > At Eurosom, Paul showed video of Mir taken on a ship that I believe was docked > somewhere. How often have sats been predicted and seen while crossing the > ocean? This was an enjoyable first for me. > On 980515-16, cruising from Stockholm to Helsinki, I observed 22:48 UT #11933 C 1206 rk descending after about 70 deg culmination 22:56 #13403 C 1400 rk descending after near-zenith (at about 59.35N, 21.14E) 00:10 #23907 NOSS 2-3 rk high NNW (at about 59.5N, 22.1E) -- bjorn.gimle@tieto.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2615 N, 18.6206 E, 33 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- -- SeeSat-L / Visual Satellite Observer Home Page found at -- -- http://www.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html --