Re: Starlink V1.0-17 Observations (Falcon, CO USA)

From: ronlee--- via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 04:57:50 -0700
This morning's observation was visually nicer than yesterday.
Again I picked the procession up as it exited Earth's shadow
around azimuth 19-20 degrees and elevation 9 degrees.

The satellites were moving northeasterly over the USA but
for my pass they moved right and down.

Time was 1135 UT on 5 March 2021.

The first object I saw was ahead of the main group by a degree
or so.  Then the main group appeared. I mentally counted passage
by a foreground tree and they took about 15 seconds to all pass
by.  I may have been able to count them separately but it was
that or get an feel for the length of the train.

Magnitude was around 3.5 to 4.5.   Limiting useful magnitude using 7x50
binoculars was about 5.2 to 5.5.  The conditions were degraded possibly
due to the waning moon and the recent (a few hours) clearing after a cold
front (snow system) passage.









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