On 2023-06-24 9:39 pm, dan missouriskies.org via Seesat-l wrote: > The previous two nights I was able to easily view and photograph > Starlink G5-7 from here in Missouri. Tonight's predicted pass looked > to be the most favorable but was not visible at all to the unaided eye > but was visible in the east by my meteor cameras as very faint objects. > The predicted time and path were very similar to the previous night. > > Can anyone explain why tonight's passage was not a bright pass even > though predictions by Heaven's Above and Find Starlink were very > favorable for a magnitude 2.0 or brighter pass? > > Thanks. This is the second time that I've observed this happening. I suspect that at some point they change attitude to reduce reflection. Last night about the first 15 or so of the 5-7 objects were bright...the rest were visible in binoculars bur much fainter. I did not see the 5-7 objects 30 minutes ago although it was not a great pass. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list https://lists.seesatmail.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sat Jun 24 2023 - 21:49:43 UTC
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