How to see deployed Starlink "Racetrack" flares

[flarkey]

Another sighting on Reddit, this time in New Mexico. Unfortunately no date or time information with these, but it shows that people are still seeing them and still being confused.


Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/18w276b/help_strange_lights_in_new_mexico/?share_id=imaFqZyKrxHwL37S3kW3R&utm_content=1&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

 

[flarkey]

Nice video of Starlink Flares here from the Centro Astronómico de Trevinca, in northwestern Spain:


Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hPoZBLXDv8


Rough Sitrec Permalink (without TLE) : https://www.metabunk.org/u/ey4spW.html

 

[Mick West]

Rough Sitrec Permalink (without TLE) : https://www.metabunk.org/u/ey4spW.html

Since we get a few timelapses, I've added a "Simulation Speed" in the "Start Date/Time" folder. This is best adjusted on frame 0 (the time calculations are based around syncing to a video, but of course there's no video in the generic Night Sky sitch, but that's still how it works).

It's saves in the permalink, here's the updated one for the above with it set to 16 (a rough match)
https://www.metabunk.org/u/TXQnKU.html

Looks like there's several planes there. In theory you could drop in their KMLs. It's an excellent video.

 

[DaveG]

Nice video of Starlink Flares here from the Centro Astronómico de Trevinca, in northwestern Spain:

Nice video. Should send it to Ryan Graves' organization, as it's coming from an astronomical center, and doesn't have the baggage of skepticism associated with it. Enough of these videos from observatories and he'll have to concede, although with the number of future launches, it's set to get much busier up there soon and I think the mystery will diminish.

 

[jarlrmai]

The counterclaim will be what the pilots saw is "different" despite all the videos looking exactly like Starlink.

 

[jarlrmai]

A localish report, I looked in Stirec but did not see a train, perhaps the TLEs are not up to date enough if this was a recent launch?

They say "about 25 of them" in another reply

~19:00 UTC (GMT)

Location is approx 53.67682508458437, -2.982139100781373

 

[jarlrmai]

Then again this launch page says last launch was 7/1/2024 number matches approx though

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starlink_and_Starshield_launches

 

[Mick West]

A localish report, I looked in Stirec but did not see a train, perhaps the TLEs are not up to date enough if this was a recent launch?

Maybe not. See if it shows up tomorrow.

 

[flarkey]

Nice video of Starlink flares from Argentina. Might be able to sync this one up with the time code visible. Not sure how accurate the clock is though.


Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1b0l68p/ufo_activity_recorded_in_the_province_of_san_luis/

 

[flarkey]

The time appears to be accurare to UTC-3 Time. It matches with sitrec exactly.

1. Please excuse my poor production.
2. @Mick West permalinks arent being generated.

 

[Mick West]

2. @Mick West permalinks arent being generated.

Were you in a different browser window that might not have been logged in?

 

[flarkey]

A nice image and article about how to see starlink flares...

https://catchingtime.com/starlink-satellite-swarm-from-37n-latitude/

We’re back to the time of year when the predominance of Starlink satellites can be briefly illuminated low over the northern horizon as the sun approaches the Summer Solstice here in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere. This predictable phenomenon is currently little known, and recognized only by the few who have directly observed it (and chosen not to attribute the ‘bright lights in the sky’ to UAP phenomena). This phenomenon of concentrated flaring has been occasionally reported by airline pilots who often have clear views at night from high altitudes in the polar directions (northwest to northeast in the northern hemisphere, etc.), which makes the satellites easier to observe; see the HeavensAbove diagram below for a graphical depiction of the illuminated satellites.

This image is particularly interesting, showing the western 'dusk' flares and eastern 'dawn' flares.

I first directly observed this last April while shooting night panoramas in San Juan County, UT, and described the phenomenon as ‘satellites flaring at their most-northerly orbits’, but am now adopting ‘satellite swarm’ as it seems more apt. If you know when and where to look this time of year this flaring is quite a sight, as the brighter flares that occur at ~8° above the horizon can reach magnitudes approaching -3! I routinely witness as many as 5 satellites within the limited field of view of typical binoculars, and the flaring generally occurs over about 30 seconds, with the brightest reflections occurring for as little as 5-8 seconds. There are two flare phases visually apparent prior to the summer solstice: 1) a ‘dusk flare’ that occurs in the northwest part of the sky (~10° in elevation) ~90 minutes prior to ‘astronomical midnight’ (e.g. when the sun is at its lowest point below the horizon) , and 2) a ‘dawn flare’ that occurs approximately 90 minutes after astronomical midnight and is observed in the northeast.

Putting those details into sitrec....

• San Juan, UTAH - 37.65N -109.9W
• April 9 2024 around 0126hrsLocal

https://www.metabunk.org/u/E7V54J.html