Why is there, or was there, a black spot on Google Sky and its Equivalents in the Constellation Orion?

Why would a small spot be blacked out?? Meteor? Something else??



Just speculating.Why is there, or was there, a black spot on Google Sky and its Equivalents in the Constellation Orion?Here's a nice, long exposure of the Orion region. See any gaps, hole or voids?

The constellation of Orion is one of the most heavily viewed regions in space. If some was missing, folks would know about it fairly quickly.



Also, Google Sky, is about the last thing would to use for ant sort of serious astronomical work.Why is there, or was there, a black spot on Google Sky and its Equivalents in the Constellation Orion?
That is jokingly referred to as a Kodak UFO.



It goes back to the time when people used film to take photos.

(yes it's true. It's called old technology).



Some people were dismayed occasionally when their favorite photo came back with a smudge on a person's face. Caused by processing glitch in the developing of the negative.



Other people were overjoyed when they saw a UFO hovering over their outdoor scene.



And I guess the rest is history.Why is there, or was there, a black spot on Google Sky and its Equivalents in the Constellation Orion?This question gets asked and answered here every day. The blank spot is a lack of overlap between adjacent plates in the Digital Sky Survey. Any good star atlas or looking with a telescope will show you that there's nothing there but more stars.Why is there, or was there, a black spot on Google Sky and its Equivalents in the Constellation Orion?
You don't need a telescope. You can look at the spot yourself.



It's a bad join in the photographs used for that section of sky. If you know what to look for, there's even a part of the telescope captured in another photo not far from that place.Why is there, or was there, a black spot on Google Sky and its Equivalents in the Constellation Orion?It is only blacked out because the software that generates Google Sky is missing data.



You probably should look at the real sky if you really are concerned about any actual conspiracy.