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We're an @IAU_org centre working to mitigate the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy!

Katılım Mayıs 2022
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🆕 The latest IAU CPS newsletter is out! Meet our new contributing partner @ESO, read about the latest activities from our hubs and find materials from the UN/SKAO Workshop on #DarkAndQuietSkies for science and society. Read the newsletter: cps.iau.org/news/cps-newsl…
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#DarkAndQuietSkies was a prominent topic at this month’s UN COPUOS Scientific & Technical Subcommittee. It has become a coordinated global effort across governments, scientists and industry with momentum building. Read the report: unoosa.org/res/oosadoc/da… 📷UNIS Vienna
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Hear more from out SatHub co-leads Meredith Rawls and Mike Peel in this Science article 👉 loom.ly/pT9O5ew
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How many satellites can we realistically expect to launch the coming years? That remains the question but experts expect 100,000 active satellites to be launched in the next 10 years.
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Did you know satellites can also cause interference with space-based telescopes? 🛰️🔭🌍 NASA researchers Borlaff et al. looked into this in their paper published in Nature: loom.ly/EKIjBAk
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Our co-host the @SKAO has submitted feedback on the recently proposed EU Space Act, supporting the inclusion of #DarkAndQuietSkies in the Act and making suggestions to improve the text regarding radio pollution. Read the feedback here 👇 loom.ly/tNg1_ZE
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We're looking forward to this #DarkAndQuietSkies workshop in December, and there is still time to register for virtual attendance!👇 The event is being co-hosted by @UNOOSA and the @SKAO, one of our host organisations.
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How are international partners working together to protect #DarkandQuietSkies or science and wider society? Our co-host the @SKAO explains recent efforts in the latest edition of their magazine, Contact: loom.ly/p5Ufshg
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🛰️ Footage from our co-host the @NSF's @NOIRLab underscores the challenges satellites pose to astronomy. Within the @IAU_CPS, partners are working with all stakeholders to find solutions, a mission that was recently renewed for a further five years: cps.iau.org/news/centre-fo…
Kitt Peak National Observatory@KittPeakNatObs

NOIRLab is helping to organize efforts to mitigate the impact of satellite constellations on astronomical research. Numerous satellites 🛰️ cross the night sky in this timelapse captured at NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory in June 2025. 📷: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R.T. Sparks

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🥳 We are delighted to share that @IAU_org and our partners @NOIRLabAstro and @SKAO have agreed to continue supporting the IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky for the next five years! Our mission continues: loom.ly/ppg-A9o
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Two weeks left to register for the @UNOOSA/@SKAO workshop on dark and quiet skies for science and society! 🌌 📍 Vienna International Centre 🗓️ 9 to 11 December 2025 More information: loom.ly/tH6jPcI #DarkAndQuietSkies
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📻 The latest episode of @ska_switzerland's French-language Radio Cosmos podcast focuses on dark and quiet skies, including the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy and efforts to reduce space debris. 🎧 Listen to the conversation: loom.ly/NdBv2Y8
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As the Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs gears up to begin surveying our cosmos using the largest digital camera ever built, @Nature speaks to IAU CPS members about the tools that are helping astronomers to manage the impact of satellite constellations. 🛰️ loom.ly/G1j1Ors
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📣 The first IAU CPS newsletter is out! It features updates on the activities of our four hubs, useful resources, and a special interview on astrophotography in the age of satellite constellations. 🛰️ 🗞️ Read it here: loom.ly/3q59o_k ✍️ Sign up: loom.ly/X-Q2iGs
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