Re: Interesting Starlink Video

From: Mike McCants via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_lists.seesatmail.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 05:07:24 -0700 (PDT)
Benjamin Monjay posted:

An interesting video was posted on a local weather FB group. I would be
interested to know if the flare was another satellite or a meteor.

Here are Quicksat predictions for a Starlink in the middle
of that formation and the object ALOS:

Lat  43.693 Long W 116.346  Eagle, ID

***  2023 June 29  Thu morning  *** Times are AM UT

76172 STARLINK 6172

 H  M  S  Al Azi   Dir   Hgt Shd  Rng  Phs  R A   Dec
10 31  9  51 146   253   192  69  242   68 2237   9.4
10 31 21  47 129   239   192  80  260   79 2325  10.6
10 31 33  41 118   231   192  90  286   89  0 7  11.1
10 31 45  35 110   226   192 100  319   96  041  11.3
10 31 57  30 104   222   192 109  358  102  1 8  11.1
10 32  9  26 100   220   193 118  400  107  130  10.8

28931 ALOS    06 2A

 H  M  S  Al Azi   Dir  Mag   Hgt Shd  Rng  Phs  R A   Dec
10 30 52  46 120   107  3.1   426 325  569   85 2346  13.7
10 30 59  45 125   110  3.1   426 319  577   82 2339  11.0
10 31  6  44 129   113  3.2   426 314  586   80 2333   8.5
10 31 12  43 132   116  3.2   426 307  597   77 2326   6.0
10 31 19  41 136   118  3.2   426 301  609   75 2321   3.5
10 31 26  40 139   120  3.2   426 295  623   73 2315   1.2
10 31 33  39 142   123  3.3   426 288  637   71 2310  -1.0
10 31 40  37 144   124  3.3   426 281  653   69 23 5  -3.2
10 31 47  36 147   126  3.4   426 275  670   67 23 0  -5.2
10 31 53  34 149   128  3.4   426 267  688   65 2255  -7.2
10 32  0  33 151   129  3.5   426 260  706   63 2251  -9.1

The Starlinks continue to maneuver, so there is some uncertainty
in the actual time of those objects.

The Starlinks crossed about RA 23Hr 30Mn Dec +10.5 about 10:31 UT.
The ALOS crossed that position also about that time.

About 15 seconds later in the video, ALOS came very near a star
at RA 22Hr 51Mn Dec -9.

This shows as about 1 minute later in the prediction.

That would indicate that the video shows one minute of real time
in 15 seconds of video time - a 4 to 1 compression ratio.

Mike McCants


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