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I did this last night. It was awesome. I’m in the city, so I can’t see much, but did see the beautiful crescent Moon (and the dark, barely-visible Earthshine-il
by Robotbeat 7y ago
I did this last night. It was awesome. I’m in the city, so I can’t see much, but did see the beautiful crescent Moon (and the dark, barely-visible Earthshine-illuminated portion), very bright Venus nearby, Orion (with a red Betelgeuse whose brightness has now recovered after waning for months), and then I saw a spectacular stream of just-launched, orbit-raising Starlink satellites emit from the North Star and fly past the handle of the Big Dipper. (Plus a couple other non-Starlink satellites earlier.)
(On a side note, it seems that SpaceX has made really good progress on solving the in-service brightness problem of Starlink, and hopes to launch all their satellites—starting with two launches from now—with low enough in-service brightness to be invisible to the naked eye once on-station.) https://spacenews.com/spacex-to-test-starlink-sun-visor-to-reduce-brightness/ https://spacenews.com/spacex-to-test-starlink-sun-visor-to-r...
- war1025 7y agoMy family just finally learned where Venus is a month or two ago. It's so obvious once you know, but I always assumed it was just another star or something. I get an unreasonable amount of joy out of seeing it up there each night.
- Cactus2018 7y agoAnyone interested in knowing when to look for Starlink can check here: https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/?special=starlink https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/?special=starlink