Anyone seen the Starlink satellite constellation?

[MontyVeda]

No, me neither, but there's plenty of reports on my local facebook group from an hour or so ago.

someone on FB mentioned it (starlink) will be visible again at around 11pm, but knowing my luck, it'll have clouded over by then.

 

[classic33]

One for @simon the viking to watch for?

 

[Drago]

No rush. A few more months and you'll hardly be able to see the stars because of it.

 

[simon the viking]

One for @simon the viking to watch for?

Thanks for the heads up... Got the telescope out for the first time tonight.......... Hadn't got a clue what I was doing, managed to see a couple of neighbours getting changed stars but think I need to align the finder scope better.. I kind of skipped that stage in the assembly instructions as I assumed you did it against the sky at night not against a stationary object in broad daylight as you tube has now shown me.

 

[fossyant]

Going over twice tonight from the West - around 5:22pm then 7.01pm. Lasts aroung 6-10 minutes as there are 3 trails now. God knows what it will look like when all 1500 are up.

 

[midlife]

Thanks, will nip out at 7.00 and have a look.

 

[fossyant]

If I saw it, it was vert faint. Cloud rolled in quickly from above before the trail got high enough to see, but could see something rising from the West. It's alot lower in the sky at 7, and more to the south.

 

[MontyVeda]

In other astronomy news... Betelgeuse is apparently dimming. I'd love to see that go supernova.

 

[numbnuts]

In other astronomy news... Betelgeuse is apparently dimming. I'd love to see that go supernova.

We could end up with two

 

[Andy_R]

In other astronomy news... Betelgeuse is apparently dimming. I'd love to see that go supernova.

Here's something that always blows my mind when it comes to the stars. When you look at, for example, Betelgeuse you are actually seeing something almost 650 years ago.

 

[fossyant]

Don't say that word 3 times. You know what happens.

 

[midlife]

Wandered outside at 7pm but didn't see much moving apart from the usual planes tooling around . Clear skies here near Carlisle so I guess a frosty morning for new years day.

 

[gavgav]

Here in Shropshire, some of the locals thought it was Aliens
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news...12/31/satellite-train-spotted-in-night-skies/

 

[Andy_R]

It's over there, next to the Quality Street.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Yes! 19:02 this evening over France, its a spooky sight.