Bob, The Sun’s azimuths at 3:15 and 4:15 CDT were 52 and 67 degrees respectively. Meanwhile the satellites were around 68 degrees. This near alignment suggests that the flaring was due to specular reflection from a flat surface on the nadir side of the various spacecraft. I have seen this occur with Starlink satellites. There is a research paper here that explains it in more detail, https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.11123. You recorded a great picture of this phenomenon. Best, Tony <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list https://lists.seesatmail.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Mon Oct 23 2023 - 07:34:39 UTC
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