Concur using Skymap. Under Venus (~ 5 degrees) around 645 PM EST based upon a 15 Feb 2020 launch. 16 Feb launch time of 1025 AM EST moves the pass up 21 minutes. > Assuming that the next round of Starlink satellites are successfully > launched > on Saturday at 15:46 UT and using the preliminary TLE for this mission, I > have > deduced that a pretty good pass of the satellite train over NYC will take > place > on Saturday evening beginning at roughly 6:41 p.m. EST. > > The "train" will pass from WSW to SSW and will reach a maximum altitude > of about 25-30 degrees above the SW horizon. . . from below Venus . . . > through Cetus . . . and then down through Eridanus. > > Coming just over an hour after sunset, the entire pass should be > visible . . . with no entry into Earth's shadow. > > Could anyone confirm for me if this is all reasonably accurate? > Many thanks! > -- joe rao > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Fri Feb 14 2020 - 19:55:26 UTC
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