Starlink Mini Satellite Brightness Distributions Across the Sky
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| author | Mallama, Anthony Cole, Richard E. Respler, Jay Bassa, Cees Harrington, Scott Worley, Aaron |
| author_facet | Mallama, Anthony Cole, Richard E. Respler, Jay Bassa, Cees Harrington, Scott Worley, Aaron |
| contents | The illumination phase functions for Starlink Mini satellites are determined for times of twilight and darkness. Those functions are then evaluated to give apparent magnitudes over a grid of points across the sky and over a range of solar angles below the horizon. Sky maps and a table of satellite magnitude distributions are presented. The largest areas of sky with satellites brighter than magnitudes 6 and 7 both occur during twilight. Brightness surges, known as flares, are also characterized. |
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| spellingShingle | Starlink Mini Satellite Brightness Distributions Across the Sky Mallama, Anthony Cole, Richard E. Respler, Jay Bassa, Cees Harrington, Scott Worley, Aaron Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics The illumination phase functions for Starlink Mini satellites are determined for times of twilight and darkness. Those functions are then evaluated to give apparent magnitudes over a grid of points across the sky and over a range of solar angles below the horizon. Sky maps and a table of satellite magnitude distributions are presented. The largest areas of sky with satellites brighter than magnitudes 6 and 7 both occur during twilight. Brightness surges, known as flares, are also characterized. |
| title | Starlink Mini Satellite Brightness Distributions Across the Sky |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01546 |