✅ Astronomers shocked as train of 19 SpaceX satellites obstruct telescopes at observatory in Chile

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✍ SpaceX's early-stage plan to fill the skies with thousands of mini internet satellites is already wreaking havoc on astronomical research.According to astronomers at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, nearly 20 satellites operated as part of SpaceX's Starlink program recently streamed across the sky, disrupting the experts' exposure and obscuring the final images.'Wow!! I am in shock!! The huge amount of Starlink satellites crossed our skies tonight a [Cerro Tololo],' tweeted one of the observatory's astronomers, Clarae Martínez-Vázquez. 'Our DECam exposure was heavily affected by 19 of them! The train of Starlink satellites lasted for over 5 minutes!! Rather depressing… This is not cool!'    Researchers were in the middle of studying Megallanic Clouds as part of ongoing research into dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way which requires long exposures of the night sky.The satellites, which can be seen in the form of long white streaks across the images tweeted by Mar ...
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