The only time I've encountered Cloete's and Sarmiento's names has been on Loeb's blog in connection with his Galileo Project - so is this just Avi and his buds?
EDIT: I googled the next but one name on the list (TG's a well known entity), and...
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It's not the target. As far as the camera knows, it's just another dot in the background.
How would it get less energy?
Here it's in the middle of the pole, so obviously in front, and clearly dimmer.
I think what we are seeing might be...
Prompted by this thread:
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/a-way-of-simulating-the-effect-of-a-camera-bump-on-night-sky-images-of-flaring-starlinks.14940/
I implemented a reasonably physically accurate long exposure simulation.
The issue with...
Anyone excited about the secret agreement with Iran?
Anyone think it will actually leave us better off than the Obama deal that Trump badmouthed & torpedoed?
Anyone predict that Congress will read Constitution & remember that they are supposed to...
Anyone excited about the secret agreement with Iran?
Anyone think it will actually leave us better off than the Obama deal that Trump badmouthed & torpedoed?
Anyone predict that Congress will read Constitution & remember that they are supposed to...
A possible peace deal in Iran
Today's topic.
A tentative deal with Iran. On Sunday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who has served as a mediator in peace discussions between the United States and Iran, announced that the two countries...