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In 1952, a group of three 'stars' vanished—astronomers still can't find them (phys.org)

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[-] Gork@lemm.ee 60 points 2 years ago

The third option, radiation damage to the plates, sounds the most plausible to me.

It would pre-expose the plate in the same manner as a double exposure in a roll of film so the "stars" would have already been on the plate before use.

We could point the JWST at it just to be sure though.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

the ones that went "missing" look different than the rest of the stars too. Too bright and chunky in my opinion

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