Mir/STS-91 Post-Undocking Obs.

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Hello everyone.

There were clear, haze-free skies tonight but enough ambient light to make a
12 deg elevation observation difficult.   I observed what I belived to be Mir
as it passes over Cass. at 21:18 EDT (01:18 UT).  Nothing else was visible
using 12x50's.  I continued to scan until I reacquired the Mir a few degrees
below Deneb at 21:20:10 EDT (01:21:10 UT) and observed STS-91 ahead of Mir,
easily in the FOV of my 12x50s.  At this point there were in the NE, 10 deg
about the horizon.  Mir was about a 1.5 Mag, STS-91 about a 2.5 mag.   I timed
the separation at 9.5 seconds.  STS-91 was slightly below the Mir.

There's one more visible pass tonight - at 22:35 EDT (02:35 UT) with a
predicted earth shadow exit near beta-UMi 2 minutes later.

Cheers.
Don Gardner
Homepage: http://members.aol.com/mir16609/
76.8419 W, 39.1796 N,  34m ASL

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