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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
From 26,000 light-years away???

Try a google search on "light-years definition".

52 posted on 07/02/2005 8:19:06 AM PDT by donh
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To: donh
Light year = The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year, approximately 9.46 trillion (9.46 × 1012) kilometers or 5.88 trillion (5.88 × 1012) miles.

5.88 trillion miles x 26,000 = a long way! < :D

74 posted on 07/02/2005 9:49:37 PM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp (We're living in the Dark Ages.)
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