Space X Satellite Train

Out to photograph the close triangle formation of the moon, planet Venus and Pleiades star cluster in the west sky on Saturday evening, March 28, 2020, I got more for my money. Earlier severe weather had moved out of the area by late evening, leaving clear skies in its wake. As I was setting up for the shot, a large number of satellites began to emerge from under the celestial event and move west-to-east, evenly spaced (no pun intended). Knowing virtually nothing about the Space X Starlink "satellite train," I humorously wondered if this was the beginning of a war of the worlds scenario. The duration from the time they first appeared to me and their conclusion was from about 8:20-8:35 pm CDT. The image above, captured near Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a 13-second exposure at f/4, ISO 400 and 27mm focal length. The satellite closest to the moon is flaring as it appears in the west. The constellation Taurus can be seen at upper left. I unfortunately missed capturing a very bright and chance meteor streak in the same area around this time, in a level trajectory moving the opposite direction. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.