Re: Mir

From: BahlsD@aol.com
Date: Sun Feb 25 2001 - 20:25:38 PST

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    Dale,
    
    I think I live about 20-25 miles SE of you and I observed the same pass.  At 
    my location Mir dimmed slightly, but did not fade to anywhere near 
    invisibility, and then brightened, as you mentioned, before totally fading 
    away.  Wonder if it was an Iridium flare-like situation off one of the many 
    solar panels and the differing geometry from our different locations caused 
    the difference in observations.
    
    Daryl
    47.45N, 122.15W, 143m
    
    ps - We are going to pay for our wonderful (clear) skies this winter next 
    summer with water rationing, I'll bet.
    
    
    In a message dated 2/25/01 7:34:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
    direland@drdale.com writes:
    
    > Hi
    >  I had an interesting Mir observation a couple minutes ago as Mir entered 
    the 
    > Earth's shadow at 3:23UT Feb 26 over Seattle it faded
    >  normally to near invisibility then regained brightness to mag 1 for about 
    2 
    > seconds before disappearing. Not sure what could have
    >  caused this.
    >  Dale
    >  
    
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