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  • Orrock LXXXVI XLVIIorrickle@sfba.social
    Oct 14, 2026, 8:54 PM

    @darkuncle @AkaSci @sundogplanets

    An excerpt from the abstract confirms what you’re saying and puts some numbers on it for those of us who don’t do astronomy-type stuff. AND points out that the data prove there is technology available that works. Thank you!

    “[A] survey from a mid-northern latitude site in late 2024 which recorded some 25,000 tracks of 5,118 individual satellites…. The observed population is systematically brighter than the altitude-adjusted limit … recommended by the International Astronomical Union Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (IAU CPS). Starlink satellites exceeded that limit on roughly a quarter of all geometrically possible passes, rocket bodies ...a fifth, and the emerging Guowang/Hulianwang constellation on more than half. OneWeb was the most compliant major operator ..., which shows that effective brightness mitigation is achievable with current technology. "

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