There was a question a ways back: will the ISS and MIR ever appear in the same sky in one night? And I beleive the answer was no, they are on opposite sides or earth, and whenever on is in the morning, the other is in the evening. Well, today, May 1 200, both MIR and ISS are in the evening, just 2 minutes apart! It seems unusual to me (are they gonna colide?!). However, I suspect it to be from the 'lagging' of the ISS. It has dropped considerably. (Feeew! They're at different heights!) MIR just today entered its evening period. For the past 2 weeks, it was morning. Tonight, it makes its pass at 21:41 EDT, then another in the morning on May 2, then all evening for about 2 more weeks. The ISS has been in the evening for a few weeks, and May 3 is the last. It enters morning May21. But hey, tonights duo could be interesting for observers. Photos anyone? Looks like it may be cloudy for me, though. -Ben 40.5770N, 73.9480W ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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