text | @silent | Oct 21

[callada]

Hey everyone,

Have a look at the images attached to this post. These were taken of the same location in the sky at the same time of day. August 1, September 7, October 4 in that order. The fourth picture is the same as the third, other than my own addition to it to highlight some of the more obvious changes.

I haven't finished going through all of the images yet but the stars are going out. Sometimes one a week, sometimes one a night. Averages out to something like ten to twelve per month from what I can see. Maybe more, since the tablet camera doesn't pick up every star all that well, and the trees get in the way.

For now, I have enough of a star chart to navigate by, so long as those stars don't go dark. I'll let you all know if Doctor Ingram or I see a change in the rate of losses.

If anyone can control cloud layers and wants to give me a clear sky every now and then, I'd appreciate it.

((Here's a cool animated version! Thanks, Xy!))

Comments

@daylit. | text.

[sunborne]

[ it would have been a while since anyone has heard or seen of daylight after what occurred a few days prior.

and, even then, his message is surprisingly brief and subdued. ]

Is it possible to tell the missing stars' distance from each other? Are the vanishing stars' placement revealing a pattern or some sort?

[lunchbreaks]

Dearest Silent,
That is indeed concerning. Do you know how far these stars are from us?
Yours,
Aziraphale.

un: jupitersgrace

[notthatjason]

I can't fly high enough to get to the clouds...I could still see if there's a way to control them from the ground though I suppose. We could try drawing the night sky instead of taking pictures. I mean, they had to track the stars someway before electronics, right?

Can I ask...why have you been charting this anyway or what made you think to look in the first place?

@freddie1967

[sauntered_downward]

Could also be clouds blocking them from view.

@kingofwei

[pure_havoc]

Well, that's...disturbing.

@cuttingedge; text

[knifecollecting]

The stars don't come back?

Where are you taking these pictures? Might be worth having multiple cameras working.

[hext]

i absolutely hadn't noticed this, or thought to check. i'm glad you did.
perhaps if the ferry, or some other cargo carrying method, is able to resume — rastus could provide you both with a powerful telescope setup? see what else you find?