> Jan 31 pass of Mir was predicted 5:23 pm here (california 33.6245 > -117.8514) with no sighting. at 5:58 pm saw -2 apparent magnitude > with same predicted path. was Mir 25 min late? i used heavens above With elsets available Jan 31 , and later elsets, Mir should have passed UTC 01:47:20 at 29 deg. SW , and Sun at -5.5 degrees I believe your local time is UTC-8, which makes it 17:47 One orbit before, the Sun was shining, one after, Mir was below horizon. No bright sat in SW from alldat.tle from 01:52 to 02:01, closest match is ROCSAT 1 at mag 5.9, az 206, 35 deg. 01:58:44 /Björn ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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