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I'm not an astronomer, but I think some are arguing satellite light pollution is impacting taxpayer-funded/institutional astonomical science work: https://masto
by seltzered_ 3y ago
I'm not an astronomer, but I think some are arguing satellite light pollution is impacting taxpayer-funded/institutional astonomical science work: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/111166009322243265 https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/111166009322243265
- snvzz 3y agoAstronomy makes more sense with observations done from outside the atmosphere.
- khobragade 3y agoHow many of us get access to that?
- snvzz 3y agoIt simply is not efficient to do this with the atmosphere in the middle. The time for that was centuries ago. Try naked eye, changes are you'll find the north star if at all. Simple light pollution already makes this really hard.
- joaonmatos 3y agoThe amount of physical adjustments and maintenance needed to operate mirrors in the 15m+ diameter range, for visible and near IR/UV, are very hard in outer space. For now it seems that earth-bound optical telescopes are still needed, even with all the orbital debree and atmospheric interference.