hello, Jan 25th I filmed 3 successive Starlink, including the "darksat" in the middle, while they crossed Cassiopeia very close to zenith. No significant brightness difference, but I don't think they have reached their final orbit yet. Thierry At 06:23 02/02/2020, Brad Young via Seesat-l wrote: >I had the exact opposite experience on the >previous pass. U was 3rd magnitude on a very >good (75 deg NE) pass, as were all of the train >surrounding it. I had someone email me asking >what all those satellites were, and she stated: > "looking tonight for Pan Starrs T2 and saw 35 >aprox satellites flying in formation 10° >apart, three parallel, sheparding. Came up >about 40° WNW below Cassiopeia heading almost >90°? overhead to the East. Was counting as >they came up so didn't see them fade in the east >in the trees. Let me know what they are >Please." Given that P, U, and B were displaced >parallel off the train for us, I take this to >mean she also saw U as one of the 3 (the >shepherds) and made no distinction if one was >dim. As she is a Master Observer, she would have >said something. Also, noticed the ones in the >later train (D, S, C, E) were not the brightness >expected or predicted; D and E were bright at 56 >and 44 deg in W, whereas the others, falling >between them, were only seen in binoculars. All >data to be posted soon. Brad Young PE Advisory >Consultant ConsenSys Space Visual: Oberwerk 8 x >40 Mariner binoculars Meade ETX-125 22" f/4.2 >UC Obsession COSPAR 8336 =TULSA1 >+36.139208,-95.983429 660ft, 201m COSPAR 8335 >=TULSA2 +35.8311 -96.1411 1083ft, 330m Remote >Imaging: MPC I89 COSPAR 7777 38.165653 -2.326735 >5150ft, 1650m Nerpio, Spain MPC Q62 COSPAR 7778 >-31.2733 149.0644 3400ft, 1122m Siding Spring, >NSW, Australia MPC H06 COSPAR 7779 32.92 >-105.528 7298ft, 2225m Mayhill, New Mexico >USA MPC 323 COSPAR 7782 -32.008 116.135 984ft, >300m Perth, WA, Australia On Saturday, February >1, 2020, 09:08:10 PM CST, PAUL MALEY via >Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: Moments >ago I observed the P piece from the January 6 >STARLINK launch at 02:45:49UT Feb 1 followed at >02:48:23 by the U piece. The latter is the one >that is reported to have a dark coating. Both >objects are now in their operational orbits 427 >x 429km. The P spacecraft appeared at about >magnitude 4.0. The U object appeared at >6.5. Both were observed at the same phase >angle on an ascending pass. This was not the >most favorable phase but the fact that two >objects are so different in their reflection >characteristics would suggest the dark coating >is working. Elevations were 58 deg and 53 deg >respective above azimuth 274 at a range of >between 500 and 533km prior to shadow >entry. It is suggested that additional >confirming observations be made and if the >weather holds on, I will make such an attempt >tomorrow. Paul Paul D. >Maley https://pauldmaley.com email: >pdmaley_at_yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >Seesat-l mailing list >http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l >_______________________________________________ >Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l Thierry Legault www.astrophoto.fr _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sun Feb 02 2020 - 13:59:51 UTC
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