{"id":2549,"date":"2019-05-25T07:08:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T07:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2019-05-26T08:26:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T08:26:37","slug":"starlink-uk-vis1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/starlink-uk-vis1\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlink Constellation may be visible from UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I missed the launch of the Starlink Satellites.<\/p>\n<p>A little while after release into orbit the 60 satellites were visible as a string of bright lights moving across the sky.<\/p>\n<p>See this video taken by amateur astronomer <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Dr. Marco Langbroek<\/strong><\/span> (<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>sattrackcam.blogspot.com<\/strong><\/span>) as they streaked over the Netherlands:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ytUygPqjXEc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not going to get into any conversations about them being light pollution.<br \/>\nBut they&#8217;re now up there, and fingers crossed they&#8217;ll get a lot fainter as they move away from Earth into their higher orbits.<\/p>\n<p>Given this info I started to look at the possibilities of them being visible from the UK.<\/p>\n<p>We need to be quick as they will get fainter.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the circumstances I have worked out for tonight.<\/p>\n<p>There are 3, possibly 4 sightings possible tonight <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>(25th May)<\/strong><\/span>, given clear skies.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">These timings may vary slightly as the orbits are constantly changing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maps of the predicted passes are at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n<p>Like the ISS they will appear in the western sky and move eastwards.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>25th May.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>22:16 UT (23:16 BST)<\/strong> <\/span>&#8211; Passes over mid France, so they could be visible at low altitude in the southern sky?<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">23:54 UT (00:54 BST)<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; Right over the UK. Will be at very high altitude.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>26th May.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>01:30 UT (02:30 BST)<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Right over the UK. Very high altitude.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>03:08 UT (04:08 BST)<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Passes south west of Cornwall. A bit lower in the south eastern sky.<\/p>\n<p>I have calculated a few more pass predictions, but these timings will drift as the orbits of the 60 satellites are altered.<\/p>\n<p>These were spotted by some observers in the UK on the 25th.<br \/>\nThey reported them to be about magnitude +4, so easily visible to the naked eye.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">21:32 UT (22:32 BST)\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">23:09 UT (27th May -00:09 BST)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">27th May.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">00:46 UT (01:46 BST)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">02:23 UT (03:23 BST)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">28th May.<br \/>\n21:51 UT (22:51 BST)<br \/>\n23:27 UT (29th May 00:27 BST).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">29th May.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">01:04 UT (02:04 BST).<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">02:41 UT (03:41 BST).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get out a while before the predicted event, as the satellites are still changing their orbits, so may appear early as they spread out and move away from one another.<\/p>\n<p>N2YO gives you a really easy way of producing predictions for your location:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/n2yo.com\/passes\/?s=74001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/n2yo.com\/passes\/?s=74001<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can use Celestrac to find out circumstances,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/celestrak.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>https:\/\/celestrak.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heaven&#8217;s Above hasn&#8217;t got them on it&#8217;s database yet, but I have copied the orbital elements.<br \/>\n___________________<br \/>\nSTARLINK<br \/>\n1 70002U 19999A 19144.10416667 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 09<br \/>\n2 70002 053.0000 175.8692 0001467 047.2921 324.9821 15.42070599 01<br \/>\n___________________<\/p>\n<p>If you copy and paste the text between the lines above, you can import them into the Web page: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.flightclub.io\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www2.flightclub.io\/dashboard <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You should then be able to reproduce the maps below:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Here are the maps of each pass that this Web page generated:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><br \/>\n25th May &#8211; 22:16 UT<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/StarlinkPass1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/StarlinkPass1.png\" width=\"1294\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">25th May 23:54 UT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/StarlinkPass2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/StarlinkPass2.png\" width=\"1294\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><br \/>\n26th May 01:30 UT<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/StarlinkPass3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/StarlinkPass3.png\" width=\"1294\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><br \/>\n26th May 03:08 UT<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/StarlinkPass4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/StarlinkPass4.png\" width=\"1294\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">26th May 21:36 UT<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190526-21-36.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190526-21-36.png\" width=\"1596\" height=\"927\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>26th May 23:13 UT<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190526-23-13.png\" width=\"1596\" height=\"927\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>27th May 00:50 UT<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190527-00-50.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190527-00-50.png\" width=\"1596\" height=\"927\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>27th May 02:27 UT<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190527-02-27.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190527-02-27.png\" width=\"1596\" height=\"927\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>28th May 21:51 UT<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190528-21-51.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190528-21-51.png\" width=\"1596\" height=\"927\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>28th May 23:29 UT<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190528-23-29.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190528-23-29.png\" width=\"1596\" height=\"927\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>29th May 01:06 UT<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190529-01-06.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190529-01-06.png\" width=\"1596\" height=\"927\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>29th May 02:43 UT<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190529-02-43.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/Images\/20190529-02-43.png\" width=\"1596\" height=\"927\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I missed the launch of the Starlink Satellites. A little while after release into orbit the 60 satellites were visible as a string of bright lights moving across the sky. See this video taken by amateur astronomer Dr. Marco Langbroek (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) as they streaked over the Netherlands: I&#8217;m not going to get into any conversations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Starlink Constellation may be visible from UK - Star-Gazing","description":"I missed the launch of the Starlink Satellites. 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