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NickGerrz t1_j26yjb5 wrote

I do not like star link, it is polluting the sky. Why do they need so many F-ing satellites?

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turbo_nudist t1_j276tjp wrote

it’s pretty much designed to not contribute at all to space junk. i don’t get this argument at all, the benefit of a system like starlink already is way outweighing the downsides for astronomy, given that we’ve already seen just about everything there is to see from earth

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BugAfterBug t1_j28lwra wrote

Yes and no.

Places like the Keck Observatory in Hawaii are still immensely productive. Recently it found a new black hole close to earth and clouds on Saturns moon Titan

These discoveries have been in conjunction with James Webb, and we will definitely be relying on space telescopes more in the future than earth based telescopes. This was inevitable with or without satellite interference.

But we definitely cannot say we’ve learned everything there is to learn by looking up at the stars from earths surface.

I can’t speak to the interference that satellites like Starlink would cause. But earth based observatories are still immensely valuable.

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