Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate would create a new center devoted to protecting astronomy from interference caused by satellite constellations.
  • Troy
    -8•27 days ago

    This is a pop-science problem and not a real science problem. Any astronomy imaging system worth its salt has image stacking algos that remove transients easily enough.

    • @Gnomie
      4•26 days ago

      Here’s an actual scientist saying the number of satellites interferes with astronomy.

      • Troy
        -3•26 days ago

        Hi, it’s me. An actual scientist. Did grad school in planetary science. The same techniques we use to spot asteroids are the techniques used to spot satellites. But removing them is even simpler. It’s not algorithmically hard at all.

        In fact, it’s so simple that I’ll write it out: take several images (at least three) in quick succession and take the median value across those images.

        Oh hey, that was easy. Makes a good despeckle filter too for cosmic ray strikes or whatever else.