Observation by Nick James: Starlink 20 chain

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Nick James

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Nick James

Observed

2021 Mar 13 - 05:23

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2021 Mar 13 - 21:41

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Constellation

Dorado

Field centre

RA: 04^h36^m
Dec: -61°32'
Position angle: -88°29'

Field size

0°06' × 0°03'

Equipment

Sony A7s, Canon 100mm f/2 lens

Exposure

1/40s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

Starlink 20

Title

Starlink 20 chain

About this image

The chain of Starlink satellites from launch 20 on a Falcon 9 a couple of days ago. This is a single frame from a video which you can find here.

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Comments

Grant Privett, 2021 Mar 13 - 22:24 UTC

When I say "Like" in this context, its the image I like. Starlink satellites are an abomination. Roll on solar maximum, a puffed up atmosphere and more drag.

Manolo_Rodriguez, Mr John William Hughes

Dominic Ford, 2021 Mar 14 - 00:13 UTC

Very nice image, Nick.

One of my meteor cameras caught a very much inferior video of the same train here: https://pigazing.dcford.org.uk/moving_obj.php?id=20210313_052354_a0b7903e5b55bac4

Nick James, 2021 Mar 14 - 06:12 UTC

Saw them again this morning at 05:20 coming out of shadow in the west. More spread out now and a bit fainter. I counted all 60. They are an impressive and weird sight as they cross the sky.

Nick James, 2021 Mar 14 - 08:08 UTC

Here's the video of this morning's pass over Chelmsford. It starts 2021-03-14T05:20:16 as the chain is coming out of shadow. The chain is passing just to the right of Denebola in Leo. This was shot using a Sony A7s, 50mm f/1.8 at 25fps so the field of view is approx. 40 x 27 deg.

Manolo_Rodriguez

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