MIR and Mizar/Alcor

J. Kocijanski (kocis@catskill.net)
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 23:18:04 -0400

I observed an excellent pass of MIR going very close to Mizar and Alcor at
about 8:00 EDT on 4/5 moving from northwest to east.  It was still twilight
and I needed binoculars to see Mizar and Alcor.  MIR was as brilliant as
Sirius and Venus.

John Kocijanski
Monticello, NY
41 35N
74 30W