(meteorobs) Mir

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• Subject: (meteorobs) Mir
• From: Pierre Martin <p.martin@cyberusdot ca>
• Date: Tue, 28 Jul 98 21:12:20 -0400
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Hi Lew,

>By the way, what maximum magnitude are folks seeing Mir at these days? I 
>had a 
>sighting of the Russky station just after dawn began last Friday, that 
>appeared 
>VERY close to the current brightness of Jupiter (-2.7). This is unusually 
>bright for the sightings I've had up till now.
>
>Clear skies,
>Off-topic Lew :)

I did not see Mir the last couple nights, but around July 20-24,
I observed it couple times at only about +1 or +2. Those were the 
late night passes visible fairly low in the north-east for me.




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