So don t worry about the live map the results page is what you should believe.
Can you see satellites in the sky during the day.
But because they re so high up in the sky you can still see them.
To identify a satellite you are looking for a star that looks like it is slowly moving across the night sky.
Imagine how easy it is to see a bright light at the top of a tower at night versus daytime.
Why are there only a few satellites in this app.
Sightings can number up to a hundred in a single night if you have good viewing conditions.
These can be seen as short lived bright star.
It is very difficult to see a satellite during the day because of the brightness of the sky.
This is the same reason you can t see stars during the day.
Doesn t starlink have hundreds of satellites.
But for astronomers it could be a problem.
The satellites move at an unbelievable speed.
You re really only going to be able to see a satellite at dusk or dawn when the sun has set or is setting for your location on the ground but the satellite is still very much in the sunlight.
This filters out the large number of very faint satellites which fly over.
Passes are also only shown if they occur during the hours of darkness.
By default satellites are only shown if they reach a maximum brightness of 4th magnitude.
Unless you re doing some serious stargazing it s unlikely that you ll notice many of them in the sky at night.
To show daytime passes tick the box include daytime passes.
However in rare cases you can see the very.
The only artificial satellites visible during the day time are the iridium satellites which have a large antenna that reflects sunlight very good.
If you go out and carefully study the sky near dusk or dawn and you have relatively dark skies the odds are that you should not have to wait more than 15 minutes before you see one of the more.
The contrast between planet and sky is much lower during the day making the planet harder to see.
You don t have to worry about seeing them during the day either as low orbiting satellites are virtually impossible to see with the naked eye during the day.