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Comment by sapphicsnail

6 months ago

They've never seen satellites that bright before

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TeMPOraL  6 months ago

That's surprising, given that Iridium flares were a regular occurrence until ~5 years ago.

(They were arguably also one of the most interesting and inspiring phenomena on the sky, too. I miss them.)

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