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SpaceX Starlink sat streaks now present in nearly a fifth of all astronomical images snapped by Caltech telescope

Martin Gregorie

Satellite spotting hints

Getting to know Heavens Above:

https://www.heavens-above.com

and using it as your primary reference for finding satellites etc. would be a good start. This website has a LOT of information to help you find satellites, astronomical objects, eclipses, etc. It also tells you where and when the better known and/or bigger satellites will be visible once you've told the website where you are on the Earth. The satellites it provides data for include the ISS, Tiangong, Hubble and the X-37b (when its flying).

Obviously you still have to work out if the skies are clear enough to let you see what you're looking for, but using:

Sat24: https://en.sat24.com/en/gb/visual

Zoom Earth: https://zoom.earth/

or simply looking out the window helps with that.

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