There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks.
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There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks.
Just now, I glanced up at Cassiopeia and there were so many satellites, I actually felt dizzy while my brain struggled to figure out what was stationary and was was moving. Around the 5 stars visible in Cassiopeia were 4 crawling satellites (all brighter than the stars). While I stared, there was a bright flash from a tumbling piece of space junk.
Grrrr.
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I was accused of being sensationalist or exaggerating when our 2022 research paper predicted one in 15 visible points in the sky would be a moving satellite. I think maybe we were actually too conservative.
I hate this so very very much.
@sundogplanets I went to a dark sky site for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and I couldn’t believe it.
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There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks.
Just now, I glanced up at Cassiopeia and there were so many satellites, I actually felt dizzy while my brain struggled to figure out what was stationary and was was moving. Around the 5 stars visible in Cassiopeia were 4 crawling satellites (all brighter than the stars). While I stared, there was a bright flash from a tumbling piece of space junk.
@sundogplanets I've seen more than a few of those bright flashes and couldn't figure out what they might be. Thanks for answering that question.
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There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks.
Just now, I glanced up at Cassiopeia and there were so many satellites, I actually felt dizzy while my brain struggled to figure out what was stationary and was was moving. Around the 5 stars visible in Cassiopeia were 4 crawling satellites (all brighter than the stars). While I stared, there was a bright flash from a tumbling piece of space junk.
I was very remote in the Sierra Nevadas for the Perseids.
So many satellites, but also one of the best shower shows in decades.
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I was accused of being sensationalist or exaggerating when our 2022 research paper predicted one in 15 visible points in the sky would be a moving satellite. I think maybe we were actually too conservative.
I hate this so very very much.
@sundogplanets
I was absolutely shocked the last time I visited my parents' farm out in the country and looked up at the night sky. It was not long ago at all when spotting a satellite still felt kind of cool because of its rarity. Now there were literally multiple in my field of vision at all times. It's not the *most* acutely I've felt our current dystopia but it's hard to shake that particular image. -
There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks.
Just now, I glanced up at Cassiopeia and there were so many satellites, I actually felt dizzy while my brain struggled to figure out what was stationary and was was moving. Around the 5 stars visible in Cassiopeia were 4 crawling satellites (all brighter than the stars). While I stared, there was a bright flash from a tumbling piece of space junk.
@sundogplanets I remember when seeing a satellite in the night sky was a moment for wonder, not just another type of spam. Sigh.
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I was accused of being sensationalist or exaggerating when our 2022 research paper predicted one in 15 visible points in the sky would be a moving satellite. I think maybe we were actually too conservative.
I hate this so very very much.
@sundogplanets I’ve mourned the loss of the nightly darkness to artificial lighting for decades. So sad that it would be difficult to enjoy the heavenly splendour even if I would be somewhere without light pollution.
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That's so fucking sad.
I have too much light-pollution where I'm at to see much at all but I remember being a kid and watching the stars at night.
It was always a semi-religious experience seeing them and knowing the light they cast had traveled for so many years before a bit of it bounce off of my retinas.
These fucking people take far more than they give.
When oligarchs prepare for a war, this is what it looks like... vast seemingly inexplicable expenditures.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/
https://newrepublic.com/post/195190/elon-musk-donald-trump-saudi-trip-promote-businesses
https://gulfif.org/saudi-arabias-f-35-deal-is-taking-shape/
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/09/18/trump-saudi-arabia-f-35-houthis-iran-war.html
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/dispatches-epertsreact-wide-template-20260818/
https://newrepublic.com/post/216758/elon-musk-trump-ukraine-starlink-restrictions
The fossil fuel industry isn't going to give up its hegemony willingly.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-saudi-arabia-ai-b2750164.htmlhttps://www.jalopnik.com/1859184/musk-us-saudi-arms-deal-tesla-starlink/
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I was very remote in the Sierra Nevadas for the Perseids.
So many satellites, but also one of the best shower shows in decades.
@Littlebobbytables @sundogplanets Watching the Perseids when you're way up in the mountains is a banger. Watched them when I was in the Wind Rivers around 15 years ago, and OMG. Really?
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There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks.
Just now, I glanced up at Cassiopeia and there were so many satellites, I actually felt dizzy while my brain struggled to figure out what was stationary and was was moving. Around the 5 stars visible in Cassiopeia were 4 crawling satellites (all brighter than the stars). While I stared, there was a bright flash from a tumbling piece of space junk.
@sundogplanets
I hate watching the night sky I have to think of an asshole -
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