Hacker News continue to disappoint lately. I naively thought that by using my real name people here would actually treat me like a real human, not some anonymous punch bag. I don't know who you are "xoa", but that was a very rude comment.
I have provided a Criticism section of a Wikipedia article that points out light pollution criticism from many authoritative sources, including photographic evidence. You dismiss this photographic evidence, but why should I listen to you when I can listen to the IAU, for example? Or Nature? Or the astronomical community?
Quote International Astronomical Union: "The scientific concerns are twofold. Firstly, the surfaces of these satellites are often made of highly reflective metal, and reflections from the Sun in the hours after sunset and before sunrise make them appear as slow-moving dots in the night sky."
Here's an entire article in Nature Astronomy about the issue https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-01238-3
Here's a quote from a Senior Advisor to the European Space Agency https://twitter.com/markmccaughrean/status/11323943469454213...
Here's an entire discussion at the American Astronomical Society about the issue https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2020/12/impacts-large-satelli...
Here's an article about how the problem will get workse https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacexs-dark-sate...
But sure, you call me an "entitled and dismissive urbanite".
I have provided a Criticism section of a Wikipedia article that points out light pollution criticism from many authoritative sources, including photographic evidence. You dismiss this photographic evidence, but why should I listen to you when I can listen to the IAU, for example? Or Nature? Or the astronomical community?
Quote International Astronomical Union: "The scientific concerns are twofold. Firstly, the surfaces of these satellites are often made of highly reflective metal, and reflections from the Sun in the hours after sunset and before sunrise make them appear as slow-moving dots in the night sky."
Here's an entire article in Nature Astronomy about the issue https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-01238-3
Here's a quote from a Senior Advisor to the European Space Agency https://twitter.com/markmccaughrean/status/11323943469454213...
Here's an entire discussion at the American Astronomical Society about the issue https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2020/12/impacts-large-satelli...
Here's an article about how the problem will get workse https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacexs-dark-sate...
But sure, you call me an "entitled and dismissive urbanite".