Last friday, I went to the astro club with the laptop and played Starry Night to the friends and looked at a virtual, life display of what would have been visible from Brussels had there been no clouds (luckily, Starry Night doesn't display clouds:) and what's amazing is that we can litterally see the Sun set and Venus appear, then the other planets and at last Mars!
All of a sudden, a bright star appeared, climbing quickly in the sky, from the west.
I clicked on it and it turned out to be Mir!
So, according to the CD-Rom programmer, way back in the early 90's (or I don't know when), Mir would have crossed the sky last friday night at more or less 21:00....
But we all know TLE's must be rechecked every now and then.
Still, quite a surprise to see Mir still alive....virtually.

Raoul