Thus, #CRAF is hoping that regulation authorities will consider improving the situation. As this will take time, we are very happy that #SatCon operators so far are very cooperative. 6/

> The Satellite Constellations 2 (SATCON2) workshop was held virtually 12–16 July 2021 to discuss how to implement the mitigation strategies that emerged from SATCON1 to minimize the negative impacts of satellite constellations on astronomy and the night sky.
https://aas.org/satellite-constellations-2-workshop
#StarLink #MegaConstellations #SatelliteConstellations #SatCon

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I started paying attention to orbiting light pollution thanks to Mastodon posts from #SamLawler @sundogplanets

Satellite Constellations 2 Workshop | American Astronomical Society

The NSF’s NOIRLab and the AAS, with support from NSF, are hosting the Satellite Constellations 2 (SATCON2) workshop, the week of 12 July 2021.

🙂: #satcon data look to be useful
🙃: having to rebuild the observatory data processing pipeline to try to deal with #satellite effects #astrodon
IAU Centre for Protection of the Sky #IAU-CPS now has an update on #BlueWalker3 #satcon: the 64 m^2 sheet of antenna of the prototype makes it one of the brightest objects in the night sky https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau2211/
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