Class 2. I can just appreciate the night sky with satellites in it. (They’re fun to watch.)
> to what degree they mess up long exposure visible astronomy shots, or the noise they make for radio astronomy
One is a luxury pass-time. For the other, there are workarounds.
I think of it more as science than as a luxury pass time but you're welcome to your opinion.
Streaking trains of LEO sats are a damn nuisance.
That part.
As you asked, you might enjoy:
https://www.amazon.com.au/What-This-Thing-Called-Science/dp/...
and then move onto Lakatos, Popper, Kuhn, Feyerabend, Musgrave, et al.
But for now, baby steps.
But I think you’ll find it’s a harmless question: What are you gathering evidence for exactly? What is the purpose of your observations?
There may be a niche for an open-source error-correcting model. These birds’ orbits are known and can be filtered from public databases. If you’re tracking meteors, you’re collecting enough data to project those orbits onto your field of vision and thus remove them as false positives.
For the luxury of taking beautiful photos, I unfortunately have nothing. (Though again, I find their paths pretty.) For the other, there are workarounds.