Comment on In 1952, a group of three 'stars' vanished—astronomers still can't find them
1984@lemmy.today 11 months ago
People are joking because if they consider the real reasons, it’s scary.
Comment on In 1952, a group of three 'stars' vanished—astronomers still can't find them
1984@lemmy.today 11 months ago
People are joking because if they consider the real reasons, it’s scary.
sethboy66@kbin.social 11 months ago
The possible reasons are all pretty bland; gravitational lensing, nebular refracting, or they weren't stars at all but rather asteroids (with a vector of motion in-line to that of the LoS of the observation).
It's not like these stars had ever been catalogued before the first plate, so its not like these objects were long-standing unchanging phenomena that suddenly disappeared.
1984@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Thank you.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Shut up Wesley