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My talk on space astronomy & the impact of megaconstellations at #EASLeiden2020 today was recorded & it'll be best to hear the narration to make full sense of it. In lieu of having the recording to hand yet though, here at least are my slides to get some idea 🤷‍♂️

Thread: 1/ Title slide: Space astronomy & the impact of megaconstellatiStock illustration of a low-Earth orbit networkTimelapse photo showing a train of Starlink satellites passiField-of-view of DECam on CTIO 4-m with trails due to the pa
Slides from talk on space astronomy & the impact of megaconstellations for #EASLeiden2020.

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2/ A Starlink satellite train seen from the International SpaceFirst launch of the Iridium telecomms constellation in 1997 An Iridium flare, with sunlight reflecting specularly off onA flare from the ESA/EUMETSAT MetOp-A meteorological satelli
Slides from my talk on space astronomy & the impact of megaconstellations for #EASLeiden2020.

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3/ Three Iridium flares in one image incl Iridium 33, then anotArtist impression of the Russian military satellite Kosmos-2Point of collision between Iridium 33 & Kosmos-2251 & immediDiagrams showing the spread in apogee & perigee of debris fr
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