Hi folks, For those of you interested in space matters, you might still be able to see the Russian space station, Mir, by checking when it's going to fly over your area. You can do this at the Heavens-Above Web site at http://www.heavens-above.com You enter your local coordinates directly or check out their database of locations in different countries. You will be presented with flyby info to enable you see (with your naked eyes), not only Mir, but also a number of spacecrafts such as the International Space Station (ISS), and the Hubble Telescope. The site also has a lot of information about the orbits of satellites, and all kinds of neat stuff. I'm yet to be able to see a satellite myself, because of lousy weather we've been having here, but some of you might be luckier than I am. And, if you have friends who are space fans, they might even have telescopes to make the experience even more fun. By the way, you might need some little background reading on the site to get a feel for finding the right part of the sky to search, but it's not really that bad. I think the rewards would be well worth the effort. Also, there are links to other sites (http://www.heavens-above.com/links.asp) from the heavens-above site, and you might say that the site opens up the heavens above. Enjoy! Katim ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------