3. Survey of the Amateur Astronomy Community Regarding Impacts of Satellite Constellations
The primary authors of this section are:
- Douglas N. Arion, PhD
- Executive Director, Mountains of Stars
- Professor Emeritus, Carthage College
- Lifetime member, International Dark Sky Association
- Member, Light Pollution, Radio Interference, and Space Debris Committee, American Astronomical Society
- Kristine Larsen, PhD
- Secretary and Past President, AAVSO
- Board of Trustees, Springfield Telescope Makers
- Editor, Astronomical League Reflector magazine
- Professor, Central Connecticut State University
The members/attendees of the Amateur Astronomy Subgroup are:
- Rick Gering (Naperville (IL) Astronomical Association, USA)
- Stella Kafka (American Association of Variable Star Observers, USA)
3.1. Overview
Our working group pursued input from as wide a range of constituencies as possible regarding their views about the impact of large satellite constellations. This report summarizes information gleaned from the amateur astronomy community. As this is an international community, it seemed best to utilize a survey that could be broadly disseminated across the world, relatively rapidly accumulate information
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