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Re:Professional astronomers are calculating the cost of the ... by manicdee on Sunday May 26, 2019 @02:13PM (#20016436)
The thing with Iridium watchers is that there were a small number of them. Seeing one was exciting.

If all the Starlink satellites are this bright, the night sky will have more Starlink satellites than visible stars.

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Re:Professional astronomers are calculating the cost of the ... by TeMPOraL on Sunday May 26, 2019 @02:58PM (#20016715)
Iridium satellites were causing flares because of a design issue - their main antennas were essentially large mirrors. New generation of Iridium satellites fixed that issue (to my and other flare catchers' disappointment). I don't recall Starlink satellites to be designed to cause flares.
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Re:Professional astronomers are calculating the cost of the ... by Robotbeat on Sunday May 26, 2019 @09:31PM (#20018798)
Someone has been doing calculations very wrong. That's not even close. https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1132672683974549505?re...
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