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Alerts! Questions? Discussions... / Re: Starlink satellites on a murky night
« Last post by Carole on Yesterday at 09:15:52 »Great to hear you are improved enough to start getting back into the "saddle".
It makes grim prospects. I have been in a conversation on Astrobin about it, and we have all signed the petition I attached on another thread. During which time I did some internet searching and found an E mail address for ESO who had got involved (European Southern Observatory), it was the Communications Officer, so I E mailed him telling him about all the 1000s of amateur astronomers and imagers who will be affected, not to mention the retailers, manufacturers and astro holiday places like Ollys and Astrofarm etc who might lose business if people gave up astronomy because of it.
Upshot was he skyped me and we had a face to face conversation about it.
He says the professional astronomers have been in communication with Space Ex who are experimenting with a non-reflective coating on one of the satelittes, but are worried about it causing over heating.
He suggested we got all the retailers involved since he felt loss of business would be a bigger influence than loss of hobby, and so I am starting to contact the same, but it would be good if others could help.
So far only managed to contact Deep Sky West who have yet to reply, and since then I have been back and forth to Swanley (Dave who comes to Cairds) for a mini astro weekend where he has Bortle 6 skies and no tree in the way of Orion. Am on my 4th and last day there tonight.
Any further ideas Mark and any-one else. I can see imaging and Astronomy being a no-go in a few years time unless software can deal with all the satelitte trails.
Carole
It makes grim prospects. I have been in a conversation on Astrobin about it, and we have all signed the petition I attached on another thread. During which time I did some internet searching and found an E mail address for ESO who had got involved (European Southern Observatory), it was the Communications Officer, so I E mailed him telling him about all the 1000s of amateur astronomers and imagers who will be affected, not to mention the retailers, manufacturers and astro holiday places like Ollys and Astrofarm etc who might lose business if people gave up astronomy because of it.
Upshot was he skyped me and we had a face to face conversation about it.
He says the professional astronomers have been in communication with Space Ex who are experimenting with a non-reflective coating on one of the satelittes, but are worried about it causing over heating.
He suggested we got all the retailers involved since he felt loss of business would be a bigger influence than loss of hobby, and so I am starting to contact the same, but it would be good if others could help.
So far only managed to contact Deep Sky West who have yet to reply, and since then I have been back and forth to Swanley (Dave who comes to Cairds) for a mini astro weekend where he has Bortle 6 skies and no tree in the way of Orion. Am on my 4th and last day there tonight.
Any further ideas Mark and any-one else. I can see imaging and Astronomy being a no-go in a few years time unless software can deal with all the satelitte trails.
Carole