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This assumes satellite constellations will actually effect the night sky, which it does not appear to generally be the case. From what I understand, it's easier to remove satellites from images than airplanes


Go out on a clear night in any reasonably dark place and look up. The satellites are there, faint tiny moving stars. The human eye is not a camera. The human soul is not an SD card.


It's a tradeoff which I am personally OK with.


im not sure how souls and SD cards come into this.


The post to which I was replying framed the problem as affecting imaging devices. I was introducing a new angle which is the human side, which was admittedly not part of the original article but nevertheless felt important to the conversation.


Starlink might not but I'm less optimistic about future ones. Who's to say that some company realizes they'll just get a (relatively) small fine if they skip the step that lowers visibility and decide it's worth the cost from a profit standpoint? It already happens now with pollution and I don't see companies changing.

Not to mention that many satellites are already visible to the naked eye in dark areas.




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