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Should be noted that this kind of science in particular will be completely destroyed from satellite constellation launches from the likes of SpaceX and Blue Ori
by throwaway2048 6y ago
Should be noted that this kind of science in particular will be completely destroyed from satellite constellation launches from the likes of SpaceX and Blue Origin.
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-costly-collateral-elonmusk-starlink-satellite.html https://phys.org/news/2020-05-costly-collateral-elonmusk-sta...
With the amount of satellites being launched, it will be impossible not to have several in frame, especially over a long exposure, and they will swamp out pretty much any signal from space with their brightness.
- cookingrobot 6y agoYou don’t need long exposure now that we have digital cameras, it’s better to stack many short exposures. It’s trivial to throw out the outlier values which removes the satellite trails, and other sensor noise. Images with prominent streaks are being deliberately processed to only keep the bright outliers and delete the clean frames.
- sbierwagen 6y agoNote that Starlink satellites are visible due to reflected sunlight. You can only see them immediately after sunset.
- BurningFrog 6y agoSatellites are only lit by the sun for a while around sunset/sunrise. Once they're in Earth shade, they have no astronomy impact.