With clear skies at a premium this time of year around the Great Lakes and November being the second cloudiest month of the year ( December being the first) all clear sky observation advantages need to be taken. Wednesday evening, November 24, observations of Cosmos 389 R/B (#4814) and Meteor 1-31r (#12586) were made with some cloud cover. Both had a visual mag of 4 even with some high cirrus cloud cover and a 27% lit moon in the southwest. Elevations were about 50 degrees and azimuth of 90-120 degrees. Looking ahead, looks like Mir makes a good pass on the evening of the 27th of about 78 degree elevation. Looks like the first visible pass of ISS in this area will be the morning of the 28th (1105 UTC) but elevation max of only 20 degrees ; better pass on the 30th (1049 UTC) with max at 40 degrees. Happy Thanksgiving to all. I know there has been some "heated" discussions on a few things the past few weeks but let us remember that maybe all of us need to take a "timeout" and remember to occasionally not to look what is above us but what is within us. Jack 40.86N 81.93W