Probably unworkable, unless someone at SpaceX is very generous (or wants positive publicity on this topic), but controlled tests could be arranged if, on some suitable passes for a selected observer, SpaceX could orient one StarLink for presumed worse-case / best-case reflections for that observer’s site. I suspect this has been considered, but didn’t want to let the possibility that has has not go without mentioning .. > On Jul 3, 2020, at 12:38 PM, Anthony Mallama via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > > Much of the scatter of the magnitudes appears to be due to orientation as > evidenced by observations from several sources. For example, Jay Respler's > commented “there were 4 pairs [of satellites] with second following first > by several seconds. In each case the first was mag 4-6. The second was 2-3 > mags brighter” _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Fri Jul 03 2020 - 13:18:49 UTC
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