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Starlink satellites - saw for first time

Big Kahuna

Big Kahuna

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Was in the yard after dark tonight and saw what looked like a satellite coming from the horizon and thought "cool" then saw another, and another, and another, and another and so on and so on for like 15 minutes these things were whizzing overhead.

I remembered hearing about it and people saying that over time the plan is to have thousands of them in the sky. I never would have thought it would be a problem, but after seeing that tonight if multiple companies or countries start doing that the night sky is going to look like a disco ball.

It was cool at first but than felt kinda sad that someday when you look up at the sky you'll just see a bunch of stuff whizzing around instead of stars.
 
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Unfortunately they ruin any type of long term exposure viewing too...

As this long term exposure of deep sky shows satellites as trails thru the shot...

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We lose one freedom to obtain another - thru $$$ launched into space - our world will never be the same again as far as free from interference for our children to see celestial sights for nighttime viewing of even simpler Messier objects.

We thought Skyglow was bad...
 
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Many years ago, when I had a "starlight" viewing scope, I would often look up at the stars with it. It was really cool to see the satellites sailing overhead, they were very bright and easy to see when using the scope!
 
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I had a weird neighbor few years back, was convinced the gov't was spying on him. Would always comment about that bright star up there. Would say that wasn't a star at all, but a spy satellite directed at him because he knew something. He had 5 hasps and padlocks on his camper, three windows broken out and covered with cardboard and aluminum foil. Thoroughly convinced the FBI was spying on him through FB, and always wanting to know if I had seen anyone around his place cause he was missing "medication"......more like recreational pharmaceuticals. When those satellites became visible, he would go stand under trees or awnings so they couldn't see him. Was fun to tell him at that time they still knew where he was due to the phone he had and the chip they implanted in his head. Yes, he was convinced the gov't abducted him and put a chip in his head. We couldn't convince him to wear a tin foil hat, and that would block the chip from the satellites.
 
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