Same here Marco.....only saw naked eye about one in three of the train around 21ooGMT and as you say , faint. I did see , during a 20 minute observation at least one bright flash/ glint , which caught me by surprise a few degrees short of zenith. Best wishes John On 21/04/2020 12:47, Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l wrote: > Op 20-4-2020 om 21:58 schreef Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l: >> >> >> Another impressive pass of the March 18 Starlink "fleet", at 40 degrees max >> elevation S-SW, between 19:27-19:45 UT. > > > > Interestingly enough, during the next pass (21:03-21:20 UT), just north of the > zenith at very high elevation, almost all Starlink sats were very dim: most NOT > seen by naked eye, with a handful of notable exceptions. > > Goes to show that satellite orientation and relative angle of sun-sat-observer > are very important, and should be taken into account when discussing visibility > issues. > > I have noted before, with other Starlink "trains", that passes in the zenith are > often faint, while passes lower in the sky are brighter. > > - Marco > > ----- > > Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. > e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org > > Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com > Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek > ----- > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Apr 21 2020 - 06:56:35 UTC
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