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ki77erb t1_ja9q8yd wrote

I have an Orion Starblast 4.5. Do you think a camera like the ZWO ASI120MC-S would work with that? Would I have to have it hooked directly to a laptop while I'm using it or can it be connected to a smartphone for capturing? Lastly, is the screen you have it connected to (ie the laptop) the only way to see what the telescope is looking at when you have this camera mounted on the focuser?

Sorry for all the questions. I love my telescope and would like to dabble a little in astrophotography without spending a ton of money. Right now I'm just using my phone camera through the eyepiece but that obviously has a lot of limitations.

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ShortfallofAardvark t1_ja9pf2m wrote

Considering how important space junk remove will become soon as the number of satellites in orbit continues to increase exponentially, I would say that likely NASA or more probably the Space Force would pay for the time being. In the future, with more legislation we could see a space launch tax aimed at funding removal of space junk or requirements for satellite owners to directly pay the bill if their satellite dies in orbit and needs to be removed.

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dingo1018 t1_ja9mqvn wrote

And a few decades of feet, many of them Russian, I think re entry would be the kindest thing for the old girl. Not right away of course, but someday not to far in the future she deserves a Viking funeral. Although I would like to see the whole thing preserved if possible, I don't know if an orbit transfer and mothballing could work, maybe a gas station for starships.

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