Re: More bright Starlinks

 Dear friends,

After a short "flares season" of starlinks, in recent nights starlinks are fainter.

Follows part of my report sent to Mallamma:

Starlink # Date Time UT altitude azimuth magnitude
1060 2020-Apr-16 21:59:40 62.7 55.4 4.7
1030 2020-Apr-16 22:04:22 70.9 32.3 4.9
1052 2020-Apr-16 22:14:30 58.5 357.6 4.7
1144 2020-Apr-16 22:16:00 67.5 44.6 4.8
1101 2020-Apr-16 22:26:10 80.7 120.3 4.5
1111 2020-Apr-16 22:35:30 68.2 270.6 4.8

1144 2020-Apr-17 22:10:25 80.5 235.2 4.6

1038 2020-Apr-18 22:19:00 52.1 159.5 5

1058 2020-Apr-19 21:43:50 39.4 148.3 6.5 (10x50 binoculars)
1063 2020-Apr-19 21:58:45 52.8 154.8 5.3
1039 2020-Apr-19 22:23:35 69.1 262.2 4.8
1045 2020-Apr-19 22:29:05 65.4 326 5

For these dates, Heavens-Above predicted maximum magnitudes between +3 and +4.

with regards,

Alex Amorim


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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:55:48 +0100
From: satcom ops <john.satcom.freeserve_at_gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: More bright Starlinks
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Same here Marco.....only saw naked eye about one in three of the train 
around 21ooGMT and as you say , faint.
I did see , during a 20 minute observation at least one bright flash/ 
glint , which caught me by surprise a few degrees short of zenith.

Best wishes

John  
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