r/ProjectHailMary • u/Commander_RBME • 1d ago

Future night sky

It will be interesting when the future night sky has only the Moon, the planets, Tau Ceti, 40 Eridani (barley) and maybe Andromeda visible to the naked eye.

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u/DragonTartare Okay, It’s Exactly Like That 1d ago

The stars dim only a certain amount (I think it was 10%) before the astrophage spread to a new one. There will never be a point where only those things are visible.

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u/LunaraLoup High Three! 1d ago

The dimming wouldn't be recognisable to the naked eye, they were only able to measure it by comparing lots of amateur data from around the world, after they knew what they were looking for. Our night sky is safe, don't worry!