The Mir emerged from the earth's shadow about 7-8 degrees above Sirius at 05:29:10 EST (10:29:10 UT) this morning at about a -1 Mag. At 05:29:58 a nice 0 mag Leonid passed about 3 degrees to the right. A moderate haze prevented me for seeing Sputnik 41. During my 45 minutes outdoors I also observed about 10 Leonids at or near negative mag. There was one non-Leonid (from the west) at -3 mag I observed where I could actually hear the object break up. Cheers Don Gardner Homepage: http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ 76.8419 W, 39.1796 N, 34m ASL