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rageboltoday at 8:21 AM3 repliesview on HN

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


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chris_vatoday at 1:58 PM

Not to disagree, but stacking a series of exposures with a sigma-clipped mean (or similar) should still get a nice image.

adev_today at 9:49 AM

And this is just the visible spectrum.

The situation is one order of magnitude worst in radio-astronomy.

It is fair to state that satellite constellations will certainly be the main obstacle to multiple major scientific discoveries in the next decade.

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HumblyTossedtoday at 1:19 PM

Doesn't matter. We, as a society, have said we're willing to give up nature in exchange for money machines the go brrrrr.