These (Starlink-31012, Starlink-31118, Starlink-30077) are the new Starlink v2-mini satellites.
Rev. A:- Starlink-31012 (58531 / 2023-192A)
- 10th April 2024 - 09:38:39 UTC (05:38:39 local time)
- Duration: 39sec
- Range:
- Start: 503km (76.5° alt / 179.2° az)
- End: 614km (51.5° alt / 149.5° az)
Rev. B:- Starlink-31118 (58620 / 2023-203C)
- 8th April 2024 - 10:00:30 UTC (6:00:30 local time)
- Duration: 70sec
- Range:
- Start: 509km (70.2° alt / 129.5° az)
- End: 823km (32.9° alt / 124.9° az)
Rev. C:- Starlink-30077 (57460 / 2023-107D)
- 11th April 2024 - 00:10:02 UTC (20:10:02 local time)
- Duration: 102sec
- Range:
- Start: 833km (40.9° alt / 238.9° az)
- End: 576km (78.0° alt / 40.4° az)
- Satellite enters the earths shadow in the last few frames.
The data was captured with very little FPS, usually 1-4 FPS
All of these are 4:1 scale. The original sampling of the telescope is 0.26"/pxl. The satellites themselves reportedly have a wingspan of ~30m.
No processing other than sorting out the few shaky frames and then stabilizing them in AutoStakkert was done for A and B.
For C i captured a total of 257 frames and stacked them in groups of 6, with 1 overlapping. The exposure time for this was 47ms / 84 gain (42%).
The telescope belongs to this survey:
https://deeprandomsurvey.org/
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