Hello, this is my first message to SeeSat-L, which I joined today, and I am now happy to report the Mir transit at 18h 46m UT tonight. Mir passed directly in front the Moon! Just 10 minutes before the event, I realized that it could happen. So very lucky I managed to set up my little telescope just in time. Due to a hazy sky, I could not see Mir approaching the Moon. I decided to look through my scope to wait for it. After a few seconds, suddenly a fainter object appeared and passed across the Moon with a considerable speed. Within a moment (0.5 - 1 sec), a brighter object (that was Mir) appeared in the field of view to follow the first one. A bit surprised I pressed my stopwatch. During the transit the objects crossed the lit side of the half-moon first. Mir could be seen in front of the lit half as a dark spot. But it was so fast, that I did not see any structures. Mir passed near the center of the Moon, while the first fainter object passed more to the northern edge. Later I checked my stopwatch. I concluded that the Mir transit happend at 18h 46m 25.7s UT minus my reaction time (around 0.5 sec). That is also the time which I expected through my calculation. Now I am very happy that I could see this transit. I suppose I have to wait for another event like that for some time. It also was the first time that I saw earth-satellites through my scope. Regards, and clear skies, Andreas My location: N 51.44375 deg, E 7.37956 deg, 140 m above sealevel. -- Andreas Bormann andreas@procyon.ping.de Witten, Germany