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A paper on Visual Brightness Characteristics of Starlink Generation 1 Satellites based on visual mags measured for the satellites is available here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.17268
They show that adding the sunshades to the VisorSats can reduce brightness, this is phase angle dependent. The upshot is that VisorSats tend to be fainter than original satellites when near zenith and brighter when they are low in the sky and their azimuth is toward or away from the Sun. More recently, however, the satellites have not had these shades. The phase function for these Post-VisorSat spacecraft is intermediate between those of original and VisorSat.
The authors point out that in coming years Generation 2 satellites will be launched which are expected to be larger and possibly brighter.
Thanks for the update Stewart. It was below mag 18 last night. I’m looking forward to the next superoutburst.
Glad you enjoyed it, Alan. It was indeed an excellent meeting, which I was fortunate enough to attend in person, with interesting talks from David and Grant.
Period analysis can be performed using one of Peranso spectrum analysis tools. But these analyse the data globally, resulting in significant periods being identified, rather than calculating the ToMin that would be required for O-C analysis.
Hmmm…that is very odd Max. Could it be the recent dip is a random fluctuation rather than an eclipse?
Definitely worth pursuing your lead about outburst amplitude relative to previous and successive brighter outbursts, Max. Correlations were found by Frank Bateson regarding normal outbursts between superoutbursts in the UGSU system, VW Hyi.
Latest reports on VSNet suggest that RY Sgr is fading rapidly. Latest obs by Jose Ripero on Sep 26.895 place it at mag 9.7
