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Agreed that they could have downsampled it for expedience, though the point is that systems spanning the gamut from the human eyeball to cryogenically-cooled 3.
by ISL 6y ago
Agreed that they could have downsampled it for expedience, though the point is that systems spanning the gamut from the human eyeball to cryogenically-cooled 3.2 gigapixel imaging sensors are impacted by these constellations.
Those sensors are 3.2 gigapixels at 16-bit depth, so each image alone is 6.4 gigabytes. 108 MB seems small by comparison; that is only one telescope out of all the sky-imaging (optical and radio) systems on the planet.
- dvaun 6y agoI appreciate the sense of scale that your explanation brings. I understand that. The size of the PDF is not a symbol for the work being done here, though. Reducing it makes it cheaper to distribute and easier for viewers to read their findings. That is my reasoning for putting up another version.
- mlindner 6y agoHuman eyeball is not impacted. These satellites are below the limits of human observation generally, even in dark skies.