I tried sending the following last evening but my #$%&! mail program had "fontified" it to the degree that SeeSat bounced it. I hope this attempt works out better. ..... ......................................................................... Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 20:51:44 EST Subject: Spectacular last (?) Mir pass A couple of hours ago, in a beautiful clear (but not-yet dark) sky, we saw what was probably our last Mir pass, and what a pass it was! At 23:26.5 UTC (10 March 2001), when it was rapidly passing some 29 deg high in the NNE, it resembled Sirius in brightness (say, about -1.4 mag). At 23:27.0, it flared to an approximate magnitude of -5 (noticeably brighter than Venus' -4.5) and at 23:27.5, when just 21 degs above the ENE, it was still at about -3-1/2 (brighter than Jupiter's -2.2 but fainter than Venus). Spectacular! What was also striking was how fast it was moving despite its low elevation. Bye bye, Mir! Clear and dark skies! Ed and Darlene Light Lakewood, New Jersey, USA 40.1075N, 074.2312W, +24m (80 feet) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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