Originally Posted by
PH-Chucky
Only thing weird to me is that it was extremely bright and low on horizon without any distortion of the atmosphere. I’ve seen passes of ISS which were less brighter than yesterday’s sighting. Somehow amazed that such a small Starlink would generate such a strong reflection at such a low angle towards the N’Pole.
Sometimes size doesn't matter
, what's doing the reflecting does.....
As an example Iridium "glints" or "flares" that were produced by the early generation Iridium satellites were as bright as magnitude minus 8 or so, brighter than ISS...and those were produced by sunlight reflected off a six foot by three foot'ish metal panel (an antenna).
Iridium Flares