Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoA million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earthnews.ubc.caexternal-linkmessage-square91linkfedilinkarrow-up1612arrow-down19
arrow-up1603arrow-down1external-linkA million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earthnews.ubc.caBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square91linkfedilink
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·3 months agoI remember just 10 years ago using a special app on my phone to alert me of any potential satellite flares so I could run out and catch them. Now I can’t look at the night sky for 2 minutes without seeing one.
minus-squareLink@rentadrunk.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoFor the uneducated, what do these look like and can you see them in areas with light pollution?
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoTo me, they look exactly like all the other stars in the sky, except they move, a bit slower than a plane, and they don’t blink.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoIf you look towards the horizon with the sun, a little before sunrise or after sunset, you’ll probably be able to see flashes of them as they catch the light.
I remember just 10 years ago using a special app on my phone to alert me of any potential satellite flares so I could run out and catch them.
Now I can’t look at the night sky for 2 minutes without seeing one.
For the uneducated, what do these look like and can you see them in areas with light pollution?
To me, they look exactly like all the other stars in the sky, except they move, a bit slower than a plane, and they don’t blink.
If you look towards the horizon with the sun, a little before sunrise or after sunset, you’ll probably be able to see flashes of them as they catch the light.