Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  De Mairan's nebula  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1982
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SpaceX StarLink trails? any ideas?, John Favalessa
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While processing a mosaic of the Orion Nebula, I noticed these faint lines across one of the panels. They appeared on 7 subs 5 minutes each, over a 40 minute period, taken on December 20. In the stacked image I count at least 15 parallel lines. They are not as bright as satellite trails. Sigma clipping did not remove them in APP even with aggressive settings. I'll post some of the subs. Any ideas? Rodd and I think it is StarLink...maybe with their coating to reduce reflectivity.

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