A brief opening in the otherwise inclement weather we've been experiencing lately gave me the privilege of seeing my best ever and most likely last ever Mir pass. Moving at high speed and little dimmer than the predicted -1.6 (I would guess at around mag 0), Mir entered shadow from my location at 09:55:13 GMT (accurate time). This was some 6 seconds later than predicted. If anything I would have thought it would have been early. I was unable to get any other reference due to partial cloud and a built up environment. Predictions were from Heavens Above at location 37.017N 138.250E and derived from this elset: 1 16609U 86017A 01070.14242499 .00367979 77523-4 39407-3 0 6731 2 16609 51.6380 315.4217 0008618 119.3543 240.8335 16.09423604861352 A picture taken of Mir on this pass is available at http://www.marcbradshaw.com/mir/index.html. As Mir's final orbit will likely take it across Japan, or at least within viewing range, I plan to keep an eye on developments with a view to making a video recording of anything that may be visible. I'm a relative newbie to this, so anyone with advice/help/pointers feel free to mail me. Anything I manage to catch will be made available on the web in a variety of formats. I hope anyone who hasn't so far manages to catch a glimpse before Mir disappears forever. Best regards, Marc Bradshaw 37.028N 138.254E 75M ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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