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| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: angrybird on March 05, 2020, 03:31:42 pm ---No better thought out than the massively increasing numbers of satellites ruining the view of the stars... --- End quote --- Well, that's when you can actually see anything at night in the sky. In many areas these days, pollution (atmospheric and light pollution) kinda prevents from seeing anything much, even satellites. :popcorn: But you will see herds of flashing and beeping drones. How cool is that? Yup. Economic growth über alles. |
| james_s:
I don't know that I've ever seen a satellite before. Doesn't seem like there could possibly be enough of them to interfere with seeing stars, the sky is pretty big. I think you'd need literally millions if not billions of satellites to form a fog of them. |
| LaserSteve:
I used to track big sats by eye at Boy Scout Camp. Now Scouts will soon be mostly girls and the light pollution is atrocious in the valley. But we can still see high magnitude stars where I live. |
| hendorog:
--- Quote from: james_s on March 05, 2020, 06:16:31 pm ---I don't know that I've ever seen a satellite before. Doesn't seem like there could possibly be enough of them to interfere with seeing stars, the sky is pretty big. I think you'd need literally millions if not billions of satellites to form a fog of them. --- End quote --- Wow that's really surprising. I have seen the starlink chain buzz past in the middle of the city. If you get a chance with timing and weather where you are it is well worth the effort. |
| angrybird:
--- Quote from: LaserSteve on March 05, 2020, 06:25:07 pm ---I used to track big sats by eye at Boy Scout Camp. Now Scouts will soon be mostly girls and the light pollution is atrocious in the valley. But we can still see high magnitude stars where I live. --- End quote --- It's hard thing to do but have you ever considered moving out of the country of commiefornia and into one of the many states in America? ;) |
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