And this is how it looks like after psychopath musk lift up 1 mio of his satellites.

Something that is more and more of a problem, because there are so few places left where you can get a decent view of the sky because of ground pollution, and are accessible, so that amateurs and kids and families can actually see the sky as it really is, and get excited about astronomy.

But even these places are now being polluted by LEO satellites.

As a scientist who did process data from various professional telescopes, I know that you can hide these trails and still make "nice" pictures. But I also know that by doing so you degrade the signal, and when what you are looking for is at the detection limit (it usually is, otherwise you would not waste precious telescope time on it), it can introduce artifacts or hide valuable info.

But as an astrophotographer I know that the software we use are very good at removing them, usually without rejecting the whole frame.
This picture has been processed specifically to emphasize the problem, which is a tidy bit misleading even if for a good cause.

Amateur astronomy is not the problem with swarms of satellites.

Will still share it.

Yes. It is really stunning. We are blinding ourselves.

@sundogplanets