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[โ€“] zloubida@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week 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€“] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 10 points 1 week 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 1 week 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

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