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  • Starlink: AI can't do it all, this is a menace

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 19 13:21:14 2022
    https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/06/ai_algorithms_satellites/

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 19 16:24:29 2022
    On Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:21:14 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/06/ai_algorithms_satellites/

    Losing some science is hardly destroying astronomy. The amount of
    science that is being "lost" is the tiniest fraction of professional
    astronomy, because for almost all of it satellite tracks are harmless.

    The value to humanity of satellites like this is orders of magnitude
    beyond that of a couple of astronomical survey projects. That's life.

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  • From Martin Brown@21:1/5 to RichA on Wed Jul 20 08:21:46 2022
    On 19/07/2022 21:21, RichA wrote:
    https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/06/ai_algorithms_satellites/

    Satellites only really screw up optical astronomy close to the celestial equator where the geostationary satellites all sit in direct sunlight.

    And for an hour or two before sunrise and after sunset when there is
    sunlight on the low Earth orbit satellites in the still relatively
    bright twilight sky. It is a nuisance for comet and NEO asteroid hunters
    but the rest of deep sky professional astronomy is largely unaffected.

    The streaks are fairly obvious on most time exposures and entirely
    different in character to the targets of interest. The image doesn't
    have to be suitable for a coffee table glossy book to be useful!

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    Martin Brown

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Fri Jul 22 21:54:17 2022
    On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 4:24:32 PM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:

    The value to humanity of satellites like this is orders of magnitude
    beyond that of a couple of astronomical survey projects. That's life.

    Of course, we have much more serious problems than interference
    with optical astronomy on Earth as well.

    I was just reading this article:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/endangered-species-choose-extinction-1.6527673

    John Savard

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to RichA on Sat Jul 23 02:17:12 2022
    On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 1:21:15 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
    https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/06/ai_algorithms_satellites/

    How about this?
    US Space Development Agency invests $1.3b in missile tracking satellites Northrop Grumman, L3Harris Technologies to build the 28-satellite constellation for warning, tracking
    https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/19/northrop_grumman_l3harris/?td=keepreading

    It never ends!
    Started with light pollution from cities, now satellites blinding us!
    Sell your telescopes and plant a tree!

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?fred__k._engels=C2=AE?=@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 2 15:13:09 2022
    I believe this thread has run it's course; as courtesy to one another is dwindling.

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