Re: Mir and a pair of flashes

From: Thomas A. Troszak (tom@bullhammer.com)
Date: Wed Mar 14 2001 - 07:27:51 PST

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    Jim wrote:
    >     Sun angle around -3 to -5, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Sirius and a few others quite visible.  Mir again
    > gave a good -2.5 flash on ascension in the west at around elev. 35 just to the right of Venus.   A second
    > flash was apparent approx. 15 secs later as it ascended and passed just below Jupiter and Saturn. 
    
    Observed same pass at approx 16 degrees elevation, same flashes, but
    around -1 magnitude. maybe appeared a few seconds early, or unusually
    clear conditions allowed spotting sooner.
    
    Goodbye Mir...
    -- 
    Tom Troszak, Asheville, NC, USA
    35.601 N, -82.554 W
    mailto:tom@bullhammer.com
    
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