Very Bright Starlink Flare

From: Anthony Mallama via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 23:40:31 -0400
I observed Starlink 1085 at about magnitude 0 on 2021 Apr 7 at 00:23:40
UTC. It was unusually bright at magnitude 3.0 even before the flare. The
azimuth of the Sun was about 180 degrees from that of the satellite.

Starlink 1085 is one of the original-design spacecrafts without the 'visor'
to reduce sunlight reflecting to the ground. This is the brightest flare
that I have witnessed in many hundreds of magnitude measurements.

Tony Mallama
38.982 N 76.763 W
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