The weather cooperated for one more evening (Sunday), so I was able to see Mir at one power for six nights in a row. Now a correction on my previous "I saw Mir!" message -- I wrote: > saw Mir <...> about 15 minutes before the 10-degree twilight time > > sunset - 8:04 p.m. CDT (1:04 UT, 24 August) > Mir - 8:23-24 > 10-deg. twilight - 8:48 Glaring arithmetic error -- it was 25 minutes, not 15, before the 10-degree twilight time! Monday night I also saw Cosmos 1953 (88-50A/19210) again. Its Quicksat predicted mag. was 2.6, and it may have been somewhat brighter. Didn't see any flashes, but I was also trying to watch 00694 (63-47A/Atlas Centaur) at the same time. For a little while they were in the same one-power (30-degree or less?) field of view, with Cosmos 1953 flashing about 4 times for each tumble of 00694 -- 19210 southbound and 00694 eastbound. Monday night also saw a bright 1-second flash from "ASCA" (93-11A, 22521 -- The Satellite Formerly Known As Astro-D according to http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/asca/asca2.html and other sites) near its culmination at alt 78 degrees. It may have been as bright as nearby mag. 0 Vega. Predicted mag. was 3.3-3.4, and I was only able to see it for a few seconds around the flash, as I was observing from on the university campus in the middle of the city, and the sky was less-than-ideal (high humidity, a few thin clouds) also. Ed Cannon Austin, Texas, USA 30.3086N, 97.7279W, 165m