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From: David Pike
Date: 2025 Mar 18, 17:35 -0700
This is too hard for me. The streaks might not be sideways on to the observer, so I don’t think you can get much from the apparent descent angle of around 35 degrees. Neither can you say that the light path in the grass to the left of the house is from the satellites. We might be looking at bits from one satellite, but there might be three satellites in close formation which suggests something Starlink related. Did they not lose around 40 satellites shortly after launch in February 2022. Might this be a chance photograph of that happening. On the other hand, it’s not uncommon for journalists to pick any old photograph from their files to accompany an article simply to add a bit of colour. The inclination of the Feb 22 group was 53.2 degrees, so that covers a lot of latitudes. Starwise, might that be Castor and Pollux just rising to the left of the house? DaveP