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[โ€“] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, im not an astrologist, so I only know what I know from like.. middle school class trips, but there are stars being born all the time im pretty sure :3

Are they observable in our sky at a 100 years old? Probably not :3 space is massive so light takes a while to get here at that distance

[โ€“] zloubida@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (4 children)

It's all relative in space ๐Ÿ˜…. But I could reformulate my question: are visible today in our night sky stars that weren't visible less than 100 years ago?

[โ€“] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

In order for the stars to actually be less than 100 years old, they would also need to be with a hundred light years of us.

[โ€“] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 10 points 2 days ago

https://www.space.com/astronomers-new-star-nova-explosion-t-coronae-borealis

Not exactly the question, but while looking into it I found this :3 a star visible once every 80 years

[โ€“] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 2 days ago

The Milky Way is visible. It's estimated that approximately 6 new stars are formed in the Milky every year.

There are still stars forming, so probably yes if you use a super telescope