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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholz%27s_Star
I was reading this article @ Medium, which shows our Neanderthal (3K or so times removed) cousin looking at Scholz's Star:
And then the Wikipedia article about it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholz's_Star
which says:
Prehistoric folks most certainly did NOT have access to telescopes, and heck, I couldn't even see a magnitude 10 star with my 12X binoculars under perfect dark-sky conditions.
What am I missing here?
And then the Wikipedia article about it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholz's_Star
which says:
At closest approach the system would have had an apparent magnitude of about 11.4, and would have been best viewed from high latitudes in the northern hemisphere.
Prehistoric folks most certainly did NOT have access to telescopes, and heck, I couldn't even see a magnitude 10 star with my 12X binoculars under perfect dark-sky conditions.
What am I missing here?
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