RECORD # PASSES OF 1 SAT IN 1 NIGHT

Jay Respler (jrespler@injersey.com)
Wed, 27 Aug 1997 23:11:25 -0400 (EDT)

A few months ago, it was mentioned here that you might be able to see several
passes of Mir in 1 night.  I forgot about it until I noticed Mir was scheduled
to make multiple passes for several nights. It wasn't easy to stay up, but I
saw 3 and 4 passes on different nights. Haze and trees got in the way of
seeing more.  Finally, on July 31, the skies cleared, the moon was gone, and I
saw 5 passes of the same satellite, Mir, during the course of 1 evening.  Has
anyone else tried this?

  40.283  74.233  129.   JAY RESPLER              1950 11.0  4 F T T T T
***  1997 July 31  Thu evening  *** Times are PM EDT  ***  21 7  458
 H  M  S Tim Azi ElC Dir  Mag Dys F  Hgt Shd  Rng  R A  Dec RCS  Name
 
 8 57 44  .1 137 27C 271   .2   7 2  246 117  496 1912-12.0  Mir
 
10 33 53  .1 332 33C  91  1.1   7 2  247  55  424 1140 66.8
 
***  1997 Aug   1  Fri morning  *** Times are AM EDT  ***  21 7  458
12 10  4  .1 337 12   85  3.9   7 3  247   5  828 1037 55.5  Mir  20x80
 
 3 24 48  .1  29 37C  89   .8   7 4  248  22  394  456 67.0
  
 5  0 54  .1 224 24C 269   .5   7 4  248  77  548 2156-14.4   Mir


Jay Respler
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