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Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:onMastodon1d ago
This is a ten minute exposure of a comet, specifically R3 PanSTARRS. Look at the utter mess Musk and his buddies are making of our night sky, and they're only getting started. There are currently around 10,000 Starlink satellites in space. Musk wants to increase that number to one million.
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Photo by Uli Fehr -- via APOD
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260427.html
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Analysis Summary
Uli Fehr's image from APOD is real — it shows Comet R3 PanSTARRS buried under satellite trails from a 10-minute exposure, documenting actual light pollution from the roughly 10,000 Starlink satellites currently in orbit. The claim that Musk wants to expand to one million satellites is fabricated; SpaceX has regulatory approval for up to 42,000 and is currently planning 12,000. The post omits that SpaceX has responded to astronomer complaints by deploying darker satellite designs to reduce reflectivity, though the broader light pollution problem remains real and documented.
Claims Analysis (4)
“This is a ten minute exposure of a comet, specifically R3 PanSTARRS”
APOD April 27 confirms Uli Fehr image with 10+ minute exposure
“There are currently around 10,000 Starlink satellites in space”
March 2026 data shows over 10,020 satellites in orbit
“Musk wants to increase that number to one million”
FCC approved 42,000 max; 12,000 planned. One million is unsourced fabrication
“Photo shows satellite pollution interfering with astronomy”
APOD explicitly documents satellite trails obscuring comet in long exposure
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