Yet another "last" pass of Mir. At Mar 11/23:18 UTC, with the Sun barely 4 degrees below the horizon, Mir made a RAPID pass across the northern sky. When first noticed (at about 23:17.5), it was almost as bright as Venus (-4.5) but then "settled down" to Jovian brightness (-2.2) by 23:17.7 . (We realize that seeing Mir is not a state-of-the-art observation and doesn't have, in someone's earlier words, much "new information content", but since Mir may have inspired many to first "look up", we couldn't resist.) Clear and dark skies! Ed and Darlene Light Lakewood, New Jersey, USA 40.1075N, 074.2312W, +24m (80 feet) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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