Mars, Mir & Spica

July 13, 1999,  02:27:00 GMT,  35mm, 800 ASA, f 2.8
 
 
 

Early a.m. Mir, mag -1.5, ascends in the west toward Bootes over lake near home, illumination in lower left from a streetlamp. 
 
 
   Mir

Mir and Atlantis (STS 76) March 29, 1996, photo by Tristan Cools
 
 
 
  Mir, Sept 10 am

Sorry, but the lens fogged up, however Mir  "brightly" (-0.8), "steadily" and empty splits Saturn
and Jupiter from R to L, early morning September 10th.  The Pleiades are in upper
left of exposure.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Background is Mir, later on the same pass (top photo), in Bootes over Arcturus.

Additional Exposures of Mir in tandem with an Ariane Rocket and Progress M24
on the General Photo page
 

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