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Unfortunately the LSST sensors will be extremely disturbed by blooming from bright reflections from satellites. With the exponential increase in satellites pro
by nullc 4y ago
Unfortunately the LSST sensors will be extremely disturbed by blooming from bright reflections from satellites. With the exponential increase in satellites projected in the coming years a non-trivial amount of observing power of this amazing instrument will be lost.
https://www.lsst.org/content/lsst-statement-regarding-increased-deployment-satellite-constellations https://www.lsst.org/content/lsst-statement-regarding-increa...
- analog31 4y agoPerhaps that's part of the scheme for using multiple sensors. Blooming only affects adjacent pixels within one sensor, not across adjacent sensors.
- nullc 4y agoUnfortunately once there are enough satellites there will be trails crossing most of the sensors. (The projected densities from starlink and oneweb are truly staggering)