Observation by Grant Privett: Photobombed by Starlink

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2024 Jan 19 - 18:20

Uploaded

2024 Jan 20 - 13:15

Objects

12P Pons-Brooks
Spacecraft

Equipment

300mm VX12 f/4 Newtonian
SX Trius 694
SX NEQ6 + Rowan

Exposure

20x 30s x2 binned

Location

Near Salisbury

Target name

C12P

Title

Photobombed by Starlink

About this image

As 12P is in outburst, I thought I would grab some images soon after dusk fell and before it got too low.

Starlink had other ideas. Yeah, several will probably median stack out but the rapidly changing sky gradient and passing thin cloud reduce its efficacy.

And we get this rubbish because uploading a photo/video of what you had for dinner to Twitter/Facebook/X/Tiktok while in the middle of the outback/jungle/ocean is so important.

Musk could make himself a bit more popular if he paid for a couple of new HSTs to help make up for the damage his profit making scheme has done to professional astronomy. It would be petty cash for him.

Files associated with this observation

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Alan Thomas, Callum Potter, Adam Rawlinson, Dr Paul Leyland, Philip Jennings

Comments

Alan Thomas, 2024 Jan 20 - 15:27 UTC

The symbolism - like looking at the Universe through the bars of a cage - is potent.

Alan

Adam Rawlinson, 2024 Jan 20 - 23:16 UTC

Thats outrageous.

You should send it to Sky at Night - ask them print that in their gallery instead of one of the photoshopped masterpeices taken with remote scopes that they normally print.

Dr Paul Leyland

Grant Privett, 2024 Jan 21 - 21:51 UTC

Yeah, its pretty vile, but I'm not sure the S&N would take anything from me.

They threw a strop when they worked out I wrote for both Astronomy Now and Sky at Night at one point. :)

Alan's comment did send me back to the opening credits of The Prisoner.

Dr Paul Leyland, 2024 Jan 25 - 16:20 UTC

Send it to AN in that case ...

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