Re: Mir

From: JAY RESPLER (jrespler@superlink.net)
Date: Tue Feb 13 2001 - 23:02:29 PST

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Carl H. Schmid wrote:
> As a novice observer, to date, Mir is the only major object I have not seen.
> I realize time is running out, so I have been faithfully checking
> Heavens-Above.  My question is this;  Am I correct in assuming that the
> long-term predictions should not be considered reliable?  I suspect that the
> TLEs used by Heavens-Above are subject to significant changes in the
> immediate future.

Mir is currently a morning object. Get up early one day just so that
you can say, you saw Mir.  Try to use predictions no more than a few
days old.
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Jay Respler
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