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by viczsaszbo 1369 days ago
On the light pollution point, twilight is the worst time for satellite brightness, but as the satellites enter the Earth's shadow their brightness rapidly diminishes. Some estimates are 10%-30% data loss during twilight for Vera Rubin observatory and 2% for vlt. A problem for Vera Rubin, but not so much for other observatories.

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