Monday 20 April 2020

More Astronomy Starlink to see in the sky above this week

Dear Blogger

Message from Karen, Little Ness Astronomer


I'm delighted many people saw Starlink last night.  It was spectacular over Little Ness.  It'll be going over for the next few nights.  Here are the brightest pass times for anyone who wants to go satellite spotting. There are 60 satellites in each train and there are 3 trains passing.

April 20th - 9.58pm - west to east (Starlink 5,6)
April 21st - 3.30am - southeast to east (Starlink 3)
April 21st - 5.02am - west to east (Starlink 3)
April 21st - 10.34pm - west to east (Starlink 5,6)
April 22nd - 4.04am - southwest to east (Starlink 3)
April 22nd - 9.34pm - west to east (Starlink 5,6)
April 22nd - 11.20pm - west to west (Starlink 5,6)
April 23rd - 4.39am - west to east (Starlink 3)
April 23rd - 10.09pm - west to east (Starlink 5,6)
April 24th - 3.41am - west to east (Starlink 3)

All times can be found on the Find Starlink app or at Findstarlink.com  Some other interesting links can be found here:

Shropshire Astronomical Society                

Happy spotting,

Karen