How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astronomy images

Re:How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astrono... by valuearb on Thursday August 27, 2020 @01:29PM (#24296128)

What percentage of the night sky will be obscured if Starlink goes to 30,000 satellites?

Let me guess, if the visual radius of a one meter satellite 550,000 meters away is (1/X)^2. Thirty thousand would be 1/one trillion, or far less?

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Re:How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astrono... by huonpine on Thursday August 27, 2020 @08:00PM (#24300050)

Its not just about Starlink though, its about setting a precedent before every company and country starts launching competing constellations. When should we start to care after the first few thousand or after hundred of thousands of eventual satellite's?

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Re:How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astrono... by valuearb on Friday August 28, 2020 @12:28PM (#24306807)

It would take trillions to appreciably dim the night sky. Wake me then.

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