Can I see Starlink tonight in Cessnock, New South Wales?
No visible passes tonight.
Next chance, faint: Thursday 15 Oct at 4:59 am, looking north-northeast.
The next 8 nights at a glance
2 visible passesPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Wednesday 7 Oct
dark 7:26 pm – 5:58 amThursday 8 Oct – Tuesday 13 Oct
no visible passesWednesday 14 Oct
dark 7:32 pm – 5:49 amMagnitude is an estimate (lower = brighter; 3 is easy, 5 needs a dark sky). Predictions for satellites that are still raising their orbits can shift by a few minutes from one update to the next; check again before you go out. How we compute this.
Seeing Starlink from Cessnock
Cessnock is at 32.8°S. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 7:26 pm until 5:58 am. A Starlink satellite only shows when it is still in sunlight while you are in darkness, so the passes bunch up in the first hours after dusk and the last hours before dawn, not around midnight. Over the next 8 nights we found 2 visible passes (0 in the evening, 2 before dawn); 0 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Thursday 15 Oct at 5:36 am: it appears in the north-northwest, climbs to 19° in the north-northeast and fades in the east-northeast at about magnitude 4.5.
The passes come from these launches:
- 2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–315 km up): 2 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Cessnock while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Cessnock?
No visible passes tonight. Next chance, faint: Thursday 15 Oct at 4:59 am, looking north-northeast.
When is the next Starlink train over Cessnock?
Thursday 15 Oct at 4:59 am: 24 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the north-northeast and reaching 18°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Cessnock?
This week most passes appear in the north-northeast or north-northwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.