The conflict caused by the Starlink satellites continues to grow

National Park Sunset Crater in Arizona is a dark sky reserve, and photographer David Blanchard thought it would be a great place for shooting of the Orion nebula. But during shooting January 13, in the shot of Starlink dozens of satellites flying on the background of the nebula.

"What I didn't expect to see is Starlink," said a disappointed photographer, which highlights the growing conflict between Starlink and astronomy.

As it turned out, even parks dark sky, where no light pollution, guarantee a clear overview without the interference of satellites.

The idea of the project of SpaceX is to launch into orbit 12,000 or more satellites to provide global Internet coverage. After running the first batch of 60 satellites in may 2019 the international astronomical Union made a statement in connection with the blockage of sky, artificial "stars" that could interfere with observations.

Since then there have been several launches, and the total number of satellites Starlinkна orbit has increased to nearly 200 by the end of 2020 is expected to have about 1000 runs. On one of the satellites of the last batch, launched on 6 January 2020, was applied to the experimental coating to reduce its brightness. But preliminary observations show that the coating makes little difference — the machine still visible.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»