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The routes are published, I don’t see the big deal of removing a few frames from the composite shot when one fly’s over. “It’s hard” does not seem like a valid
by cududa 5y ago
The routes are published, I don’t see the big deal of removing a few frames from the composite shot when one fly’s over.
“It’s hard” does not seem like a valid excuse to deny internet to the underserved. Plus, I looked through the manual for the most widely used telescope compositor and it supports tracking published satellite trajectories and automatically dropping the frames when a satellites overhead. It seemed a bit tedious to set up, but the GUI of most of the thing looked positively 1997
- jimmaswell 5y agoIt's not like we haven't had airplanes in the sky for a while too. Curious people never complain about those getting in the way of their pretty pictures.
- oscardssmith 5y agoa lot of that is probably because planes usually fly during the day, and most of the over night ones are flying over oceans.
- sqs 5y agoMaybe they fly more during the day, but there are tons of red-eye flights over land, plus cargo flights, etc. Check out https://www.flightradar24.com/ https://www.flightradar24.com/ in the middle of the night.
- SAI_Peregrinus 5y agoMost of the complaints are from astronomers, who aren't taking composite shots, they're taking actual long exposures. Then the repeated passes add up in the exposure.
- cududa 5y agoThe long exposure is stitched together digitally. You can remove the offending frames