Zeroing in. New parallax measurements have established the distances of young stars in the Orion Nebula with unprecedented precision. Credit: C.R. O'Dell and S.K. Wong (Rice University)/NASA
Zeroing in. New parallax measurements have established the distances of young stars in the Orion Nebula with unprecedented precision. Credit: C.R. O'Dell and S.K. Wong (Rice University)/NASA
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“1270 light-years away, or about 20% closer”
1270, previously thought to be 1587.5, so the stars in the nebula are a whopping 317.5 light years closer. It seems to me that something got lost in translation in this story.
Well, just his Belt.
How convenient. So what is the margin of error now is it wide enough to support the "next" current theory?
I keep reading this as “Onion gets a bit closer” and expect some parody article.
