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starik36
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New Zealand's bid to become a dark sky nation
The newer Starlink satellites have a sun shield. That should, in theory, make them impervious to observations.
tejtm
on Feb 4, 2022
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Where "impervious" means you can't see through the the sun shield either.
starik36
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At their size (10m x 2.8m), it probably won't even measure a full pixel.
_abox
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That's much less of a problem. A bright point in the sky will bloom in the optics and blot out a larger space than it occupies. A dark spot doesn't.
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