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Professional astronomers: Satellites ruining observations

From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 20 22:03:19 2023

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-astronomers-alarm-pollution-satellites.html

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From W@21:1/5 to RichA on Tue Mar 21 04:49:23 2023

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 1:03:21 AM UTC-4, RichA wrote:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-astronomers-alarm-pollution-satellites.html

While we are on the horrors of light pollution: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-artificial-night-aids-caterpillar-predators.html

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From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 21 07:59:51 2023

On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 22:03:19 -0700 (PDT), RichA <[email protected]>
wrote:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-astronomers-alarm-pollution-satellites.html

It's baloney. Satellites have minimal impact on professional (or
amateur) astronomy.

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