A picture of a comet in the night sky with the ground and some lights below. There are stars in the sky and several satellite trails.

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   Mark McCaughrean (markmccaughrean@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Oct-2024 06:22:57 JST Mark McCaughrean

   Sign of the times.

   There are lots of timelapses of the lovely Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS on the net ☄️

   But watch a few & you’ll quickly notice many have huge numbers of passing satellites in them, often in similar orbits 🛰️🛰️🛰️

   It doesn’t take a genius to realise that most of these belong to one guy who’s commandeering the public commons to further enrich himself.

   Screenshot credit: fernanfegal @ Instagram

   https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAl5QWMSLBR/?igsh=bm9qc2l3cmphMTM1

   #comet #comet2023a3 #starlink #lightpollution