I also have just observed the very first pass of Starlink 6 over north of Italy with binoculars, just after deployment (19.53 - 19.55 UTC) Very nice view of a short bright line, getting apparently longer (toward my local horizon) during the pass, surrounded by several flashing objects, as reported also by Marco. I would estimate the magnitude around -1 / -2, with quite reddish color. About 30 seconds before entering shadow all the satellites in the line gave a synchronised bright flare (I would estimate around mag -3 / -4). Very impressive view! Regards, Simone > Il 22 aprile 2020 alle 22.05 Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> ha scritto: > > > > > I just had a very nice pass of Starlink 6 and the Falcon 9 r/b passing in a blue > twilight sky, as seen from Leiden, the Netherlands. Maybe half a minute early on > my elset. > > Easy naked eye object (mag +1 to 0). In binoculars, multiple objects: the bright > Falcon stage, an elongated bright objects (cluster of satellites probably), and > at laest 4 fainter flashing objects surrounding them. Very nice view! > > In the two minutes before the pass, false alarms by several older Starlinks. > > - Marco > > > ----- > Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. > e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org > > Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com > Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek > ----- > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Apr 22 2020 - 15:34:25 UTC
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