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by defrost 418 days ago
Let's assume I've read the link and have had discussions with both visual and radio spectrum astronomers and astrophysicists.

Starlink satellites pollute the night sky with both reflected sunlight and intended and unintended radio spectrum noise.

Manmade objects that inject light into an otherwise dark sky fit the category of skyglow, reflected sunlight tends to be sharper and less diffuse than atmospherically scattered ground lighting .. it's all extraneous human caused pollution from the PoV of telescopes.