[ianai]

I wonder how much of the visible sky it’s affecting from our vantage point. Ie how sure are they that it’s not a near field obstruction?

[MattPalmer1086]

The video says they would expect other stars to be obscured if the effect wasn't localised to those star systems.

[Certified]

You will the distribution of current candidates in the sky on page 6 of this paper cited in the video comments [1]

[1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.01208.pdf

[MattPalmer1086]

Thanks. Says that "While a probability at this level is not generally considered to be highly significant, it does suggest that the clump is real."