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"This is one hour of satellite trails over the world's darkest sky. Astronomers say nearly 2 million planned satellites could be 'devastating" by BBC @skyatnightmag - Study by European Southern Observatory ESO concurs with other astronomers that planned satellite constellations totaling over 1 million objects in orbit are disastrous for #astronomy. It estimates overwhelming obstruction above 100,000 total objects. skyatnightmagazine.com/news/es… #science #LightPollution #satellite #space #environment
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"'Beyond the limit': one million satellites and mirrors in space pose grave threat to the night sky" by European Southern Observatory @esoastronomy - Quantifying effects on astronomers from proposed 1M+ satellites. It estimates the threshold of harm at 100,000 objects, and preferably capped at less. Currently 14,000. This is the original ESO study, which was mentioned but not linked in the BBC article. eso.org/public/news/eso2607/ #science #LightPollution #satellite #space #environment

"Beyond the limit": one million satellites and mirrors in space pose grave threat to the night sky

A new European Southern Observatory (ESO) study has found that current proposals to launch over 1.7 million satellites into orbit, including extremely bright ones, would have “devastating consequences for astronomy.
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#Space #Environment #science #lightpollution #satellite @ESO
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