Re: Brightness of Starlink Generation 1 Satellites

From: JAY RESPLER via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2022 01:13:47 -0400
Hello Andreas.
I measure magnitude the same way for all observations, so that is not a 
factor.
I compare satellite to nearby stars.

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Jay Respler
Monroe Township, New Jersey

On 11/1/22 04:20:09 PM, Andreas Hornig via Seesat-l wrote:
> Hey Anthony and Jay,
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> really a cool paper, thanks for sharing! :)
>
> Do you already have an idea what could be the reason why at 0 and 180
> degrees phase angle, the visor measurements seem to be
> apparently slightly brighter again?
>
> Could it be due to the measurement method itself, ...
> Andreas
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> On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 1:45 PM Anthony Mallama via Seesat-l <
> seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote:
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>> Jay Respler and I have co-authored an article that quantifies the visual
>> brightness of all three models of Starlink satellites. The characteristic
>> magnitudes for the Original, VisorSat and Post-VisorSat designs are 4.7,
>> 6.2 and 5.5, respectively. This analysis draws upon the thousands of
>> Starlnk
>> magnitudes that Jay has reported here on SeeSat. The paper can be
>> downloaded fromhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2210.17268.
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