The Method of Visual Satellite Photometry

2022/08/16 by Anthony Mallama, Mallama, Anthony · 2 citations
Engineering · Environmental Science · #CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors #FOS: Physical sciences #Impact of Light on Environment and Health #Infrared Target Detection Methodologies #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2208.07834

openalex publication_date 2022/08/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Large constellations of artificial satellites are beginning to interfere with astronomical observing. Visual magnitude measurements of these spacecraft are useful for monitoring and characterizing their brightness. This paper describes the method used for recording brightness by eye.

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