If a star in a Constellation went out, we’d all notice, it would be huge news.
But what about the other stars? Given a general lifespan of 75ish years and average eyesight, how may stars in our field of view would have vanished in that time? Am I seeing the same stars now as when I was a child? Or are a few missing without notice?
I understand also that we are seeing “ghosts” already due to light travel time. A lot of the stars we still see are already gone, but the light of that event hasn’t reached our eyes yet.
Just being existential at the moment