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The unearthly sight was caught by the Subaru Telescope at the summit of Maunakea on the Big Island of Hawaii. Shortly before 4:45 a.m. on Jan. 18, a small blue dot could be seen amid a blanket of stars. The dot rapidly expanded until it formed into a spinning mass with bright blue tendrils of light emanating from its center. It slowly disappeared over the course of about 15 minutes.

And the number of satellites zipping through the frame...it's getting busy up there.

Damn! I knew that I threw my lighted frisbee hard, but I didn't think it'd go that far.

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"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan

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The number of satellites zipping through the frame...it's getting busy up there.

Yeah that was something to see... It would be interesting to see a comparison to a decade (or even 5 years before the Starlink megaconstellation had more than a couple launches...)

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Very cool to see the timelapse video, thanks for posting!

Kirk to enterprise. We didn’t violate the prime directive. The terrans believe our made up story about spacex. Now where is Zefram?

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All I ever really needed to know, I learned from watching Star Trek.