Hoi List, Finally the weather cooperated for one evening and I was able to view probably my last pass of Mir since bad weather is expected for tomorrow. It was a nice high pass, 78°, some 30 minutes after sunset. Venus, Jupiter and Saturn were visible at that time and my mom spotted Mir first, some 50° high in the west. Brightness was about -1 at that time, increasing to -2 or so near culmination. Culmination occured at 17:54:44 UTC and around this time there was a 5 second flare to a magnitude of -4, -5, equalling the brightness of Venus. I was quite astonished by the velocity at which Mir crossed my sky. I have never seen a satellite travelling that fast with respect to the stars. Quite a sight. All in all a worthy farewell of this famous satellite. Rest in Peace Mir. Regards, Cees Bassa ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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