In a message dated 11/13/98 9:16:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, dan.deak@sympatico.ca writes: > > Will be watching for Pegsat on saturday morning since the latest > elsets given by Alan bring it in a very favourable position from my > location only 3 hours after predicted reentry ( 05:20 Local time). Since my location is in the same *gereral* part of the globe I'll point out other things that may be visible on North America's East Coast that may convince some folks to wake up a bit early. First, as mentioned, Pegsat may be visible if it has not decayed. For the Baltimore-Washington area the latest elset: Pegsat 1 20546U 90028A 98317.93790787 .12108034 83530-6 74700-3 0 5445 2 20546 94.0628 141.9289 0005297 226.6478 133.4095 16.41720334482011 shows Pegsat passing by Spica at 5:19 EST and entering the earth's shadow less than a minute later under Arcturus. This will be less than 10 deg above the horizon. Of course it may be toast by then. There are 4 Iridium flares shortly after the Pegsat pass. They will be visible at 1x, if not spectacular: Local Local Iridium Sun Flare Max Flare Ir Day Date Time Azm El Rnge N I Azm Elv Mag MMA Bearing # S ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat 98-11-14 5:25:02 063 10 1364 D L 100 -15 0 F 40.7 mi E 77 Sat 98-11-14 5:25:46 062 12 999 D L 100 -15 1 F 173 mi W 79 Sat 98-11-14 5:27:03 062 12 1363 D L 101 -15 1 F 180 mi W 39 Sat 98-11-14 5:36:28 064 15 1242 D L 102 -13 3 F 283 mi W 80 Finally, the Mir will make a visible pass beginning at 5:40 EST in Casseopia It will be just above Polaris at 5:41:00 EST. 1. Be sure to run the predictions for your particular location. 2. Clouds may be rolling in from the west. Cheers Don Gardner Homepage: http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ 76.8419 W, 39.1796 N, 34m ASL