Post #1772793
2026-04-28 16:47 UTC
shit I cannot get into is the whole "oh no starlink satellite spam is making astronomy impossible". if you know anything about information theory you know that shit is not true. it's not like the shits are blowing out the dynamic range of yr image sensor. just filter out transients
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@cmdrmoto@hachyderm.io 2026-04-28 16:53
@migratory Okay, I was squarely in the “I don’t know if it’s actually a problem because I don’t think astronomy works that way now that we’re past the photographic-plates era” camp. It sounds like my understanding was better than I thought. Cool. That said, the sheer mass of shit our oligarchs are putting into orbit is cause for plenty of other concerns beyond mere “it’s messing up the view”