Re: Starlink satellites??

From: JAY RESPLER via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 01:24:28 -0500
  Actually, Stellarium does a great job of showing what sats are in a 
specific spot and time.

-
Jay Respler
Monroe Township, New Jersey

On 2/27/21 12:05 PM, John A. Dormer 2 via Seesat-l wrote:
> You might have better success thinking about these satellites by using 
> something which can show you how the satellites will appear in your 
> sky. The views are different for each location on Earth, and the 
> orbits change subtly all the time.
>
>   � 
> https://heavens-above.com/StarLink.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT
>
> Once this gets a bit more clear to you, you can ask Heavens Above for 
> a view specific to your location. The interface to find your town is 
> well done, but there may still be a small learning curve:
>
>   � 
> https://heavens-above.com/SelectLocation.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT
>
> Once you've told the system where you are, you can then have it show 
> you all of the visible passes. Since there are so many Starlink 
> vehicles (satellites), it should be easy to find some which will make 
> bright passes. The "Update" button is down below the map, so you'll 
> have to scroll a bit to get to it. Once that's done, visit this link 
> and see what passes from the most-recent launches there are:
>
>   � 
> https://heavens-above.com/StarlinkLaunchPasses.aspx?lat=29.4013&lng=-98.5254&loc=Unnamed&alt=0&tz=CST
>
> Recent launches will have an easily-identifiable, stunning train of 
> satellites if your sky is clear. :)
>
>     John
>
> On 2/27/2021 08:00, alex via Seesat-l wrote:
>> Out of curiosity - I'm looking in Stellarium if I can see something: in
>> what az/el or constellation did they appear? An in which direction 
>> did they
>> go, where did they vanish?
>>
>> rgds
>>
>> -alex-
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 2:14 PM Michael Boschat via Seesat-l <
>> seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>>   I was looking at our all sky camera and noted 2 passes of 11 
>>> points.. on
>>> the first run it looks like they are venting gas as there is a tail 
>>> off to
>>> the left of them and on the 2nd pass a fainter one.  I made some 
>>> images of
>>> the pass ..
>>>
>>> I did not see them visually only after looking for meteors on the 
>>> all sky
>>> cam.
>>>
>>> Begin 1st pass noted at 01:31:08 UT
>>>
>>> Begin 2nd pass noted at 02:12:53 UT
>>>
>>>   Just wondering if anything was launched and if they do vent 
>>> something?
>>>
>>> I can send the images to anyone who wishes to look...
>>>
>>> I'm in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada     N 44d 39'  W 63d 36'
>>>
>>>
>>> Clear skies
>>> ----------
>>> Michael Boschat
>>> Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
>>> My 60th anniversary of doing Astronomy - 1960-2020
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