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Line of stars moving across sky?

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    #32
    ps200306
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    HOE. LEE. CRAP.

    I take it back. That was amazing. Didn't even venture further than the back garden. Gave myself ten minutes of dark adjustment time. Faced east (the darker direction) and looked up as high as I could. Forty sats passed through the zenith from 18:02 to 18:11 or so. Quite a sight! Thanks for the tip.

    EDIT: Slightly later for the main event tomorrow, 18:28 to 18:36 and sats not as high in the sky, around 70 degrees. Will make a difference in my suburban sky but should still be visible, weather allowing.


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    #33
    baaba maal
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    ps200306 wrote: »
    HOE. LEE. CRAP.

    I take it back. That was amazing. Didn't even venture further than the back garden. Gave myself ten minutes of dark adjustment time. Faced east (the darker direction) and looked up as high as I could. Forty sats passed through the zenith from 18:02 to 18:11 or so. Quite a sight! Thanks for the tip.

    EDIT: Slightly later for the main event tomorrow, 18:28 to 18:36 and sats not as high in the sky, around 70 degrees. Will make a difference in my suburban sky but should still be visible, weather allowing.

    It was absolutely stunning to see them last night- I only saw them by accident and then checked here-I am conflicted by enjoying seeing them and then reading that there are eventually going to be thousands of them.


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    #34
    Yester
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    I would love to see this but too much cloud cover last night. Not looking good for this evening either.


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    #35
    ps200306
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    baaba maal wrote: »
    It was absolutely stunning to see them last night- I only saw them by accident and then checked here-I am conflicted by enjoying seeing them and then reading that there are eventually going to be thousands of them.
    Same here. It's awesome seeing something that the ancients would have thought was a divine visitation had they seen it. But also, you know it's junk and there's going to be a lot more of it, and you definitely don't want it mucking up the view every night like a forest of celestial mobile masts.


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    #36
    Yester
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    Saw them this evening. It is indeed an impressive sight. Thanks for the heads up.


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    #37
    tuisginideach
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    What time tomorrow???


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    #38
    g0g
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    tuisginideach wrote: »
    What time tomorrow???
    0705-0710 tomorrow morning could be ok if still dark enough. Evening doesn't look as good for timing. Download the Heavens Above app as is mentioned above. You can add your location for exact predictions


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    #39
    Capt'n Midnight
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    https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
    Jan. 29Falcon 9 • Starlink 3
    Launch time: 1406 GMT (9:06 a.m. EST)
    Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the fourth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 3. Delayed from Jan. 20 and Jan. 21. Scrubbed on Jan. 27 by upper level winds. [Jan. 27]


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    #40
    Hector Savage
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    Im surprised people are so excited about this here, his fleet of satellites are going to ruin dark sky sites and astrophotography ...


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    #41
    ps200306
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    It's kind of like those glitzy parades in Pyongyang. You can agree it's an amazing spectacle while still being filled with horror. :pac:


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    #42
    baaba maal
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    ps200306 wrote: »
    It's kind of like those glitzy parades in Pyongyang. You can agree it's an amazing spectacle while still being filled with horror. :pac:

    Excellent analogy!

    Looking at 60 is "wow". Looking at 42,000 will be like the background to a JG Ballard novel.


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    #43
    Capt'n Midnight
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    _110800770_2-3-2020-st27.jpg

    One Web / Airbus chucks up their first batch of 34 out of 648 satellites.
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51405079


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    #44
    ps200306
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    How many different "internets in the sky" do we actually need? :confused:


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    #45
    Capt'n Midnight
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    ps200306 wrote: »
    How many different "internets in the sky" do we actually need? :confused:

    When advised not to become a lawyer because the profession was crowded Daniel Webster replied "There's always room at the top"


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