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Re:Amazon satellites add to astronomers' worries about night... by valuearb on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:59AM (#24158769)
Starlink isn’t visible in the night sky. It’s satellites are in such low orbits they spend Tye night in the earths shadow, where they are invisible. They are only visible on the horizon at dawn/dusk, where there is actual sunlight to reflect.

Lastly the latest version of Starlink satellites has a shade visor that reduces reflection enough to make them invisible even at dawn/dusk.

Re:Amazon satellites add to astronomers' worries about night... by scroogeydop on Friday August 14, 2020 @04:52PM (#24163117)
I have seen them with my own eyes. And they are currently at what, 1% of expected deployment? And when amazon and who-knows-who-else puts up their constellation?
Re:Amazon satellites add to astronomers' worries about night... by valuearb on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:13PM (#24165582)
Again, you can’t see them when it’s night without magnification. And with visors you can’t see them at dawn or dusk.