Re: STS-84/Atlantis seen

Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Thu, 15 May 1997 09:19:25 -0600 (MDT)

At 08:19 97/5/15 -0600, you wrote:
>Despite strong twilight, I spotted STS-84/Atlantis/97-23A on rev 3 with
>the naked eye near Arcturus at 11:15UT today, 1997 May 15.  Its
>brightness varied between mag +1 and +2.
>
>In 20x80 binocs I saw it occult 20 Boo:
>UT 11:15:03.89  RA 14h19.7m  Dec 16d18m (2000.0).
>
>David Brierley

Good job David.  While you were looking for something bright, I was looking
for the decaying #24763.  I did not see it but the strong twilight may have
been the reason.   My watch alarm did not work at one minute prior to expected
arrival of #24763 so I ended up watching until it was too late to swing over
to see STS-84.

Sigh.

Ron