Astronomers seek solution to satellite photobombing in space images.
Satellites are leaving scratch marks on space photos and hindering astronomers' work. A new detection method called Median Radon Transform is five to 10 times more sensitive at finding trails than previous software, and then masking them out. This software allows astronomers to mask out satellite trails, so that the affected pixels are ignored in their analysis of the data. However, this fix has a big limitation: It’s designed for Hubble, which is orbiting 332 miles above the Earth, and it’s less plagued by satellite streaks than observatories on the ground.
