天文学家警告称，巨型卫星星座将遮挡我们观测宇宙的视野。智利塞罗托洛洛美洲天文台2019年发布的天空图像显示，星链卫星留下了条纹。CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/DECam DELVE Survey在智利沙漠山顶上，一台由8000万美元美国纳税人资助的望远镜刚刚开启了它的“眼睛”。
Astronomers warn that megaconstellations of satellites will obstruct our view of the cosmos Listen Images of the sky released in 2019 by the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile show streaks from Starlink satellites. CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/DECam DELVE Survey On the top of a mountain in the Chilean desert, an $800 million U.S.-taxpayer-funded telescope just opened its eye.
全新的维拉·C·鲁宾天文台本应完成一项开创性的宇宙“巡天”，编制有史以来最全面的星系、小行星、超新星和黑洞目录。但鲁宾天文台的科学家们遇到了一个问题。快速移动、反射光线的卫星在他们的照片上留下了白色条纹。
The brand-new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is supposed to complete a groundbreaking “survey” of the universe, the most comprehensive catalog of its galaxies, asteroids, supernovas and black holes ever completed. But Rubin’s scientists have encountered a problem. Fast-moving, light-reflecting satellites are leaving white streaks across their photographs.