Thank you, Antonio. I appreciate your clear explanation. You mentioned that the flares move from east to west during the night. I also observed these same flares very low in the northwestern sky in Bootes several weeks ago after the end of *evening* twilight. Do you know of any more resources / graphics about these final-orbit flares? Or predictions for them? I was unable to identify the particular Starlink satellite launches involved. Kind regards, Bob On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 12:09 PM Antonio Vilchez <vilchez207_at_gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Seesat-l mailing list >> https://lists.seesatmail.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l >> > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list https://lists.seesatmail.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sun Oct 22 2023 - 10:36:46 UTC
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