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Caption: Figure 10.
Starlink satellites visible from Cerro Tololo (30S) in summer vs. time of night. Number above the horizon (left); number above 30° elevation (right). At this latitude, the naked-eye layers A and C are in shadow except at twilight. At midnight 20 satellites are illuminated at high elevation corresponding to 2 × 10−3 per square degree.
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