Look at this Hubble image of gravitational lensing with all these damn satellite...
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Wait... What? Those are from ASTEROIDS?
Hmmm...
Never mind.
Damn Satellites
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Re: Damn Satellites
I’m confused.
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Re: Damn Satellites
You see the lines in the photograph that look like skinny arcs? At first glance you might think they look like satellites (Curse you Starlink!!!)
Those aren't satellites; they're asteroids!
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Those aren't satellites; they're asteroids!
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Yeah, but I’m still confused. Since when do asteroids follow such paths? Isn’t there an article somewhere that explains what’s in that picture a little more? Are the asteroids being lensed?
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Re: Damn Satellites
No, the asteroids are not being lensed, the galaxies are. The asteroid path shows up in the foreground and its shape is due to parallax, the asteroid movement over time relative to the objects being targeted, the orbital path of the asteroid around the Sun, the path of the telescope around the Earth and the Sun, and the orientation of the instrument.
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Thanks.
Why is this the first time I’ve seen this? Did somebody remove those paths from previous images of lensed galaxies, or does this just happen to be in the right place that all those asteroids are in the way?
Now what are we gonna do about it? We need an asteroid cleanup project!
Why is this the first time I’ve seen this? Did somebody remove those paths from previous images of lensed galaxies, or does this just happen to be in the right place that all those asteroids are in the way?
Now what are we gonna do about it? We need an asteroid cleanup project!
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Re: Damn Satellites
The ever helpful Phil Plait did a column on this image with the asteroids a few years ago
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/abell-370 ... of-the-sky
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/abell-370 ... of-the-sky
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Re: Damn Satellites
Thanks Don! That’s exactly what I was looking for.
Spoiler alert - they do remove the asteroid trails usually.
Spoiler alert - they do remove the asteroid trails usually.
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