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That NEOWISE photo was 17 photos deliberately stacked to emphasise the problem rather than minimise it, so it's not really a fair datapoint. Astrophotograhy sta
by chris_overseas 6y ago
That NEOWISE photo was 17 photos deliberately stacked to emphasise the problem rather than minimise it, so it's not really a fair datapoint. Astrophotograhy stacking software will generally remove items that don't appear in all photos in the stack rather than retain them (previous discussion on the topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23926699 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23926699). That said, I love taking photos of the night sky myself and had some Starlink satellites affect a single exposure photo of mine recently, so it is a real issue - just not quite as crazy as it looks from that photo.
- johnmaguire2013 6y ago> it is a real issue - just not quite as crazy as it looks from that photo Aren't they planning to add a bunch more satellites?
- chris_overseas 6y agoYes, but they're also trying to darken them so later launches should end up significantly less problematic than the initial ones[0]. I'm not trying to defend them here (in fact I'm quite annoyed from a photography perspective) but appreciate there's two sides to the story and they're at least trying to minimise the problem. [0] https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/24/21190273/spacex-starlink-satellite-internet-constellation-astronomy-coating https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/24/21190273/spacex-starlink-...
- castratikron 6y agoSince the ephemerides of all starlink satellites are known, shouldn't it be possible to program these into the camera and not expose the sensor when a satellite is overhead? Makes it more complicated of course but this can let everyone win