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Starlink is increasingly interfering with astronomy, scientists say (www.semafor.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not necessarily a "starlink trail" you took a photo of a satellite, could be starlink could be something else. Also the astrophotography mode on the pixels is purdy cool and fun to mess around with

[โ€“] CrayonRosary 5 points 1 month ago

I saw it with my eyes. It was without a doubt a string of 9 Starlink satellites. If you look closely, the image is a composite of multiple trails in a nearly colinear path.