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Spiral of light filmed over Maunakea traced to a SpaceX satellite deployment

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The Subaru Telescope dome near the summit of Maunakea
The Subaru Telescope on Maunakea, whose camera filmed the spiral NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Matsopoulos, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A livestream camera at the Subaru Telescope recorded a glowing spiral over Maunakea before dawn. Japan's national observatory linked it to the deployment of a satellite SpaceX had launched that day, sunlit high above; a similar spiral was seen in April 2022.

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  1. OfficialA Flying Spiral over MaunakeaSubaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan / 2023-02-01
  2. OfficialA Month in which the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera Captured the Attention of the WorldSubaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan / 2023-02-23

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