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Feeling a little small
The new star they found is 950 light years away so I began calculating and not enough zeroes on any calculator. To think I could circle the earth 7.5 times in a second makes me feel ... sheesh. Light travels 5.88 trillion miles in a year X 950 light years. We got telescopes that powerful??
How far is a light-year? | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSky
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Last edited by SARGE; 12-21-2011 at 08:47 PM.
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