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		emj on Feb 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Zealand's bid to become a dark sky nation I'm guessing there is a local effect of the Bortle scale because when the skies were clear we clearly saw about 30 Starlink sattelites and according to https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ we live in an area with Bortle class 8-9, the algorithm for calculating the Bortle class seems to be a bit work intensive. https://www.handprint.com/ASTRO/bortle.html

theowshxhfb on Feb 5, 2022 [–]

Starling visibility is due to how far up they are and only visible for a while after launch. Once they're in position you shouldn't be able to see them.

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