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Can You Find the Comet?

73 pointsby ColinWrightyesterday at 7:59 AM32 commentsview on HN

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originalvichytoday at 8:27 AM

I fear this is only the start of it. A minimum of 3-4 constellations more will probably be launched in the near future (Russia, China, EU).

Their obvious dual-use nature makes them tempting, and a military target if a large conflict will take place in the near future. I hope their lower orbit will help any space junk burn up fast.

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rageboltoday at 8:21 AM

Yeah, I kinda get why astronomers are not particularly happy with satellite constellations.

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albert_etoday at 10:39 AM

Why are satellite trails not continuous lines

Is the camera exposure taking a few seconds of break between takes that get stacked later with some "missing" moments in between?

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cirodurantoday at 8:26 AM

I'm rebuilding my RSS feed collection, and having pretty astronomy pictures is a fine addition. Thanks!

gasitoday at 9:02 AM

So cool! Zoom in to find out: https://zoomhub.net/0w8pN

khazhouxtoday at 9:29 AM

Is this all / mostly Starlink?

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w-lltoday at 8:10 AM

if i could imagine what a Sophon from 3 body problem would look like. this is kind of it.

aa-jvtoday at 10:53 AM

Hot take: We're in the first stages of building our own Dyson sphere and therefore comets are only useful in the context of capturing them for that purpose.

;)

renericktoday at 8:49 AM

That looks so cool, ngl!