Obs. 19 March

Mir16609@aol.com
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 22:41:45 EST

Hello Everyone.

Iridium 20 Flash centers:
01:34:51; 01:35:47; 01:37:19  -  All times UTC, 20 March

I briefly observed Taurus Rk (25160, aka Celestis 2) after it passed over
alpha-Taurus (250az, 53el) at 01:25:40 UTC.   It was about a mag. +7.5 just at
the limit of visibility at my location.  

The Mir made a brief, low elevation pass in the south at 01:46 UTC.  It
quickly brightened to 0 mag at 195az, 18 el and remained as bright until entry
into eclipse at 01:46:45 UTC (185az, 23el).

Spot 3 made a visible pass here for the first time in months.   It continues
to be one of my favorite flashers:

93-061 A3-20 03:08:21.0  JDG 104 104.0   7 14.9   inv ->4.5

Cheers.
Don Gardner
Homepage: http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609
39.1796 N,  76.8419 W, 34m ASL