Trails Made by Starlink Satellites
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#2It's worth pointing out that airplane and satellite trails have long been a problem in astrophotography, and there's many techniques that exist to remove them in the stacking process.
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#3“Although this image serves as an illustration of the impact of reflections from satellite constellations, please note that the density of these satellites is significantly higher in the days after launch (as seen here) and also that the satellites will diminish in brightness as they reach their final orbital altitude.”
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#4Here's a statement [1] by one of the largest upcoming surveys, LSST. At least for them, this isn't going to be too much of a problem as,
1) Exposures are fairly short and frequent and so pixels contaminated by these satellites can be easily rejected. 2) There is a huge amount of resources (relative to other projects) going into the image pipeline for this project.
I don't actually know in details how much this will affect other types of observations though. [2] is the IAU's statement (that goes with that image), which points out some types of observations that might be more affected.
[1] https://www.lsst.org/content/lsst-statement-regarding-increa... [2] https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19035/
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#5“Although this image serves as an illustration of the impact of reflections from satellite constellations, please note that the density of these satellites is significantly higher in the days after launch (as seen here) and also that the satellites will diminish in brightness as they reach their final orbital altitude.”
I've never seen a caption on a photo be so blatantly pleading with internet commenters to not get angry.
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#6“Although this image serves as an illustration of the impact of reflections from satellite constellations, please note that the density of these satellites is significantly higher in the days after launch (as seen here) and also that the satellites will diminish in brightness as they reach their final orbital altitude.”
Also, not mentioned, satellite trails are only an issue just around twilight and only near the horizons, both of which are bad seeing conditions for telescopes.
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#7Damn it, can’t the entire country be wired with fiber? It was done 100 years ago with heavy conductors for electrification, then again with twisted copper pair for phone, but now in the 21st century no one can do shit.
Save wireless for what it’s actually useful for, mobile and extremely remote use.
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#8Read an article saying that we might not see stars anymore...'gazillions' of satellites will be launched in space over time.
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#9Damn it, can’t the entire country be wired with fiber? It was done 100 years ago with heavy conductors for electrification, then again with twisted copper pair for phone, but now in the 21st century no one can do shit. Save wireless for what it’s actually useful for, mobile and extremely remote use.
The answer is No because your local friendly NIMBY will kill such a project for some asinine reason.
Re: Trails Made by Starlink Satellites
#10Damn it, can’t the entire country be wired with fiber? It was done 100 years ago with heavy conductors for electrification, then again with twisted copper pair for phone, but now in the 21st century no one can do shit. Save wireless for what it’s actually useful for, mobile and extremely remote use.
The answer is No because your local friendly NIMBY will kill such a project for some asinine reason.
> your local friendly NIMBY
I think you misspelled "telecom lobby"...
https://broadbandnow.com/report/municipal-broadband-roadbloc...