Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Satellite constellation interference occurs across astronomical disciplines. We touch on the challenges for existing regulatory frameworks in radio astronomy, and present examples of interference from radio and γ -ray astronomy to optical and spectroscopic interference in ground-based and space-borne facilities. In particular, we discuss the impact of artificial satellites on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), an Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope array, as well as possible mitigation strategies for the European Southern Observatory 4-metre Multi-Object Spectrograph Telescope (ESO 4MOST). Furthermore, we shed light on how ground-based optical telescopes such as the Oukaimeden Observatory contribute to IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (IAU CPS) efforts that quantify satellite brightness.
Institutions: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Union astronomique internationale, Cadi Ayyad University, Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Space Telescope Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, University of Washington, Imperial College London
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,450
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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