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Satellites keep photobombing space images. Astronomers need a fix (arstechnica.com)
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I saw a surprisingly bright line of many satellites with the naked eye last night. Space junk is indeed a growing problem.

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[–] 15Redstones@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

The bright line is Starlink satellites immediately after deployment.

Starlink satellites do have stealth features to make them less bright, but those are only active in normal operational mode. Immediately after deployment and while dodging space debris, they are more visible.