BlueWalker 3 satellite is officially one of the brightest objects in the sky

October 2, 2023 | Space.com

BlueWalker3, photo by Michael Tzukran

“It is unacceptably bright for many sky observers around the world,” Meredith Rawls (UW, DiRAC) co-author of a paper on the finding and member of the IAU Center for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (IAU CPS), told Space.com.