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SpaceX satellites' effect on night sky can't be eliminated, astronomers say:
Broadband satellites being launched by SpaceX and other companies will inevitably have a negative impact on astronomers' ability to observe the night sky, according to a new report by astronomers. There are no mitigation strategies that can completely eliminate the satellites' impact on astronomical observations—other than not launching satellites at all—but the report includes recommendations for how satellite operators can minimize disruption and how observatories can adjust to the changes.
The report released this week is titled, "Impact of Satellite Constellations on Optical Astronomy and Recommendations Toward Mitigations."
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SpaceX Satellites' Effect on Night Sky Can't be Eliminated, Astronomers Say
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Can anyone remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @06:34PM (1 child)
It is not that simple. Long exposures can't simply be switched on and off and it is not simple to subtract a time slice of the data since the exposures are of a static image. Yes they could develop some cameras and systems that do a pretty good job, but a) not sure how effective it would be or what impact it would have on quality, and b) it takes time and money to overhaul existing equipment.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday August 30 2020, @01:26AM
Do you math much? Mean is mean / if you're switching off pixels, stop accumulating denominator while the pixel is switched off.
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