Re: Strange Starlink "clusters"

These are Starlink satellites in their final orbit, in high latitudes and
in which at a certain moment the Sun and a large reflective part of the
satellite align with the observer to generate flares.

This zone of "starlink flares" moves during the night from east to west
following a sun-satellite-observer line.


Depending on the latitude of the observer, it can be seen throughout the
year or only the central half of the year (summer in your hemisphere).



Antonio Vilchez.

El dom, 22 oct 2023 a las 18:42, Bob King via Seesat-l (<
seesat-l_at_lists.seesatmail.org>) escribió:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I noticed some odd satellite activity which I'm certain are multiple
> Starlinks. They were seen the morning of Oct. 22, 2023 between about 3:15
> and 4:15 a.m. Central Daylight Time from Duluth, Minn. low in the eastern
> sky at the Leo / Coma Berenices border at about azimuth 60° and altitude
> 7°. Multiple satellites slowly appeared, some of which flared to
> Jupiter-brightness, then faded. Others only reached magnitude 3 or 4. In
> the 45-second-exposure image you can see nine trails with satellites
> traveling in several directions.
>
> Link to photo:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/47833278@N02/53277428768/in/dateposted-public/
>
>
> The oddest thing was that all of them appeared in only the same small patch
> of sky, maybe 4° across.
>
> I seek your advice in better understanding interesting "cluster"
> phenomenon? I'm really curious.
>
> Thank you!
> Bob
>
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