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Starlink satellites are increasingly impacting our night vision and astrophotography. A circumpolar photo today no longer resembles what could still be achieved 2 or 3 years ago. In Reunion Island, in the southern hemisphere, as the summer solstice approaches, they are visible almost all night, quite low on the horizon. Even around midnight, the Starlinks located at the highest altitude (600 km) still reflect the sunlight.

With the naked eye, their magnitude is quite close to the ISS with an apparently slower speed of movement. At the beginning of the night, towards the southwest, the satellites reflect the sunlight very well. Then the frequency decreases around midnight. Finally, in the second part of the night the dance continues, the frequency increases, this time towards the South-East, as sunrise approaches.

Currently, about 7600 Starlink satellites have been deployed out of the 42000 planned in a few years…

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