My spousal unit and I were out for a stroll last night, taking advantage of the lapse in the scattered showers that have plagued us of late. For a change it was also quite clear. We'd just passed from under a small grove of trees when we both noticed an extremely bright (mag -6) object in the northeastern sky, a tad after 19:55 EDT (23:55 UT), while we were still in bright twilight. We've both seen many bright Iridia, so the immediate conclusion was that we were seeing one of those. Well, it persisted for perhaps 30 seconds, then began a slow fade as it tracked to the northeastern treeline. Upon getting back to the house I ran QuickSat, and lo & behold it was Mir. I've never seen it this bright before, and I've seen it over 100 times...This was undoubtedly the brightest non-Iridial satellite pass I've ever seen, and provided a nice break from the gloom of late. Cheers, Geoff ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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