Matson, Robert wrote: > > For those in southern California, take a close look at the predicted > track of Mir for your location on Thursday evening, January 21st. > Mir will make a transit of the moon a little after 6:48pm PST as > seen from a very narrow strip of land. Cities on the transit track > include Huntington Harbour, Westminster, Anaheim and Ontario. > Basically the track runs diagonally northeast from Huntington > Harbour. --Rob Thanks to Rob for the heads-up! I was able to share that pass with a colleague and his guest. Went well; from my location Mir passed near the bright limb of the moon. Mir was a fraction of a degree from the limb. Jupiter was a few degrees away, so it was nice to see Mir pass between them. I'd also shared a -5 Iridium 30 flare with another colleague a bit earlier, so a good night. Best, Mark