Re: Model of Starlink train brightness and comparison to observation

From: Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 00:07:54 +0200
Op 2-5-2020 om 11:51 schreef Richard Cole via Seesat-l:

> I had created a simple model of the spacecraft panel pointing axis assuming the
> panel long axis was the velocity vector and the roll axis was that needed to put
> the Sun on the normal through the long axis. The angle between this vector and
> the observed Starlink direction for a particular observer indicates how much of
> the sunlit side of the panel was observable (panel view angle).



Richard's analysis is now on my blog as a guest post:

https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2020/05/guest-post-modelling-of-starlink-trail.html

- Marco


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