[prophetic]

Well there goes the modern Astronomy.

These Starlink units will mess up everybody!! Plus they are not a single unit, these are long formations flying across your field of view.

[backwoods-engineer]

The long formations occur only right after launch. Once they get to their final configuration, this won’t be the case.

[amorphous]

After the first Starlink internet satellites launched in May, astronomers noticed that the little satellites are quite reflective and bright. With SpaceX reporting it wants to put 42,000 of these satellites in the sky, astronomers were concerned about it washing out parts of the night sky.

So now the company plans to treat one of the Starlink satellites with a special coating, when the next group goes in late December, according to SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell.

SpaceX to Make Starlink Satellites Dimmer to Lessen Impact on Astronomy: Report