Amazing short pass of the Starlink 5-5 satellites launched on 24 March 2023. This was a pass exiting Earth shadow at around 38 degrees elevation in the east in Cygnus at 5:10 AM MDT (11:10 UT) on 25 March 2023 and descending to the eastern horizon. I started scanning using binoculars and they were brilliant when I first saw them. Individual satellites were easily noted and each was perhaps magnitude 1...maybe brighter. I used Dr Kelso's pre-launch elset along with Heavens-above. Observed from Falcon, Colorado USA. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sat Mar 25 2023 - 06:29:17 UTC
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