This morning's pass was not see naked eye so I used binoculars for the pass reaching maximum elevation of 28 degrees around 3:08 UT on 5 June 2020. This was 908 PM MDT local on 4 June 2020. Sun elevation was about 8 degrees below the horizon. The pass was from the south-southwest to east-northeast. While it was neat to see 60 or so objects in a line covering an angular span of roughly 10-15 degrees (not measured), the relative faintness (5th magnitude?) is a stark contrast to observations of the first batch of Starlink satellites. If this is an indication of SpaceX's efforts to minimize the impact to Earth-based astronomy, perhaps it is successful. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu Jun 04 2020 - 22:33:30 UTC
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