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Assuming Heavens Above [1] is right this satellite will have a maximum magnitude of 4 which is really faint. There are over 500 brighter stars in the night sky
by didymospl 9y ago
Assuming Heavens Above [1] is right this satellite will have a maximum magnitude of 4 which is really faint. There are over 500 brighter stars in the night sky [2].
If this is supposed to be an ad for Rocket Lab(I suppose it is, after all we already have ISS orbiting over us) they could do a lot better.
[1] http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=43168 http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=43168 (set your location in the top right corner)
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude
edit: spelling