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