New satellites are messing up our night sky
To me, dark skies are one of the main benefits of boondocking in remote territory -- it's a lot of work to get there, but the stars are astonishing. So this article is depressing -- apparently, Elo...
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Horsedoc wrote:
How does one determine a star from a satellite if the satellite in is stationary orbit?
Geostationary orbit simply means the satellite orbits at the same angular speed as the earth rotates, not that it's stationary relative to the stars. The stars do not keep their same positions in the sky (as viewed from the earth), I suppose with one notable exception in the north sky.
