File:Starlink Satellites Imaged from CTIO.jpg

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English: Image from Blanco 4-meter telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), 333 seconds-exposure image by astronomers Clara Martínez-Vázquez and Cliff Johnson.

Image containes at least 19 streaks created by the second batch of Starlink satellites launched November 2019.

Gaps in the satellite tracks are due to the gaps between the DECam CCD chips.
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Source https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw1946a/
Author NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/CTIO/AURA/DELVE
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333 seconds-exposure image from Blanco 4-meter telescope at the CTIO showing the light pollution of Starlink Satellites

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Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

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Starlink

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artificial satellite

night sky

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20 November 2019

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