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To: sig226
...the beautiful nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide, located some 4,000 light years away toward the northern constellation Cygnus.

Certainly makes one feel insignificant....

3 posted on 03/05/2009 7:12:34 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Rummyfan
Certainly makes one feel insignificant....

No kidding. Consider that the Voyager probes were launched more than 30 years ago and I don't believe they've even managed to get light days from the sun as of yet.
4 posted on 03/05/2009 7:23:22 AM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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