Re:See a Satellite Tonight
by walrus01 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @08:14PM
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this reply is nothing but hyperbole and fear mongering - I've been out in a very rural dark sky location and seen a group of starlink satellites going past. they did not obscur or brighten the view of any stars. If you really want to be concerned about something, worry about light pollution in urban areas, or people polluting the atmosphere. I'm sure the folks living in the grey smog of haze in Lahore or Mexico City would be more concerned about breathing clean air, and having clean air to use a telescope if they wanted to, than occasionally seeing a satellite flying past.
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I disagree that this is hyperbolic -- to be in the wilderness is to be alone and away from humanity. A starlink train is a stark expression that one can never really be alone anymore.
When I was a kid, it was a fun/rare occurrence to see the occasional satellite -- they were more common than the night's meteors, but not by more than a factor of ten or so. Today, there are oodles.
in my mind, a starlink train is a "oh, neat, look at that", same as seeing a collection of meteors, it's not like a diesel-electric locomotive suddenly appears in your wilderness...