I heard that the new ‘mini’ Starlink satellites have a dielectric sticker on parts of them to redirect (?) sunlight away from observers on the ground. I photographed G6-3 over Waterloo, Iowa, USA on 5/21/23, 03:37:03 UTC, 56° up, Predicted Magnitude 3.0, Sun -18.6°. The predicted magnitude seemed close that night and the night previous. They were launched just under two days before. Notice the blue color. I wonder if the dielectric material is what is causing the blue tint? Here’s the image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FPd45K23E_DhhdULZDF3Ru4b-jQiU9KE/view?usp=sharing Also, does anyone know of a link to information about how the dielectric material is supposed to make these satellites less visible? Thanks! Tom Iowa USA Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list https://lists.seesatmail.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sun May 28 2023 - 22:26:51 UTC
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