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by martinpw 308 days ago
Back in the day when photographic plates were used to capture images from astronomical telescopes, occasionally the excitement of a new discovery was followed by the disappointment of realizing that it was just a blemish in the emulsion, also known as an "Eastman Kodak Object".
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Kind of poetic, though, that Kodak's legacy reached all the way into space
Is that EKO, instead of an KBO or NKO?