Because light pollution wasn’t bad enough.

Started by kmp751, 08/25/2024 12:35AM

Posted 08/25/2024 12:35AM Opening Post

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Has anybody caught a glimpse of this nonsense yet. It’s going to ruin quite a few observing sessions:

https://www.reflectorbital.com/lighting

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Posted 08/25/2024 06:03PM #1

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Ohhh wow....at 1st glance that sounds bad.....gonna dig a little deeper on this lol

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Posted 10/04/2024 01:16PM #2

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Originally Posted by Kostas Pervolarakis
Has anybody caught a glimpse of this nonsense yet. It’s going to ruin quite a few observing sessions:

https://www.reflectorbital.com/lighting

That is really interesting. So they reflect the sun back to Earth for short bursts of time, 4 minutes in a 5km diameter area?

I cannot even fathom what the price tag would be on that one!

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