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Lee Duna to [Dormant] moved to [email protected]@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

In 1952, a group of three 'stars' vanished—astronomers still can't find them

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In 1952, a group of three 'stars' vanished—astronomers still can't find them

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On July 19, 1952, Palomar Observatory was undertaking a photographic survey of the night sky. Part of the project was to take multiple images of the same region of sky, to help identify things such as asteroids. At around 8:52 that evening a photographic plate captured the light of three stars clustered together. At a magnitude of 15, they were reasonably bright in the image. At 9:45 pm the same region of sky was captured again, but this time the three stars were nowhere to be seen. In less than an hour they had completely vanished.
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    10•2 years ago

    Did they try retracing their steps?

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      Did they turn it off and on again in '52?

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      Failing that, just ask one of their mothers.

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