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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

People have indeed thought this before telescopes. You'll most likely see diffraction patterns around bright lights because of eyelashes and other imperfections, probably different for each eye but the same for all lights (technically, wavelength also matters but not really on this scale).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thought that is how they look like or represented them as such in art?

My understanding was that most understood them as light sources, very similar to how we do, but rather then cosmic body they saw angels or whatever fits their religious framework.

Its not like people where unaccustomed to the night sky, but maybe deeper psychological interpretation plays a role.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

Stars can seem spikey to the naked eye