Re: A fantastic Starlink 8 viewing

From: Richard Cole via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:53:23 +0000
Paul,

 From the time and location, and hence the Sun azimuth, the panels would 
have been facing almost straight down (elevation -74 deg and to the 
southeast) and thus you would have seen their full face. Hence the 
brightnesses observed.

regards

Richard Cole


On 15/06/2020 12:02, PAUL MALEY via Seesat-l wrote:
> At 1106UT the entire train flew directly overhead but I intercepted high in the southwest. I have uploaded video as they passed by Altair (magnitude 0.8) and you first can see 3 very faint objects leading the pack; the first one at 110554 (upper left part of screen). The rest were naked eye +1 to 0 magnitude visually and the last object was seen at 110643. They are definitely spreading out but the sight was the best I have ever seen in a dark sky spread across perhaps 40 degrees.
> See: https://youtu.be/fbAtFMkBHVI  where Altair is the bright object in the left of the screen
> Paul
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