Litter problems.

[oldrider]

It's been nearly 60yrs since the first satellite was launched, and in those 60yrs we've certainly left a lot of crap up there.

http://stuffin.space/?intldes=1983-020A

Haven't heard anyone yodelling off about the (negative) effect that all the satellites and space junk are having on the planet? - How come?

[madbikeboy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzMQza8xZCc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddFvjfvPnqk

Obviously the feed dies when Pink Floyd's "band begins to play...".

[onearmedbandit]

I find it odd that there are so many satellites and 'junk' objects up there yet you don't see hundreds or thousands of satellites on a clear night.

I know many are geosynchronous but if you look at the digital representation in the link posted by the OP surely the sky should be visibly busy at night vs the dozen or so I've been able to see over a period of many hours on a clear night in the middle of know where with no light pollution.....

http://www.heavens-above.com/

This is a handy site, especially for Iridium Flares.

[Zedder]

http://www.heavens-above.com/

This is a handy site, especially for Iridium Flares.

Very cool.

[Akzle]

KStars. your local friendly open source linux desktop planetarium. can even plug in your telescope to track shit.

stellarium, available for you with shittyOS

[madbikeboy]

I like observatories, after visiting a few around the place, I got invited to the observatory in Cornwall Park, which I haven't been to in twenty or more years - they had a really knowledgable woman there who made it a pretty good experience. They're all volunteers, and most have been there for a decade or so. It meant even curly questions weren't able to stump them, and I learned a few nerdy things.

It's not world class exactly, but the experience is. Well worth a visit.