Comment on A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  is already so bad. i do astro timelapses and it’s all you see anymore. they stand out so much now, if the quantity gets 100x’d it’ll be a nightmare.

  it will blot out the stars…

  source
• some_designer_dude@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There aren’t many animals or insects in low-earth orbit though, thankfully.

  source

  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah but they use the light to navigate too. They use this planet too.

    source

    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think local illumination is probably going to be more of a problem than reflected light of a satellite.

      source

      • alsimoneau@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Beetles have been shown to rely on the milky way for navigation.

        source
• gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  exactly nothing as most animals and insects can’t even see the stars; their sense of vision isn’t good enough for that.

  source

  • alsimoneau@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Beetles have been shown to use the milky way for navigation.

    source