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To: paul in cape

At 4000 light years away, it is just around the corner.


10 posted on 09/10/2009 4:12:45 AM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: trumandogz
At 4000 light years away, it is just around the corner.

One light-year, the *distance* light travels in a year at its constant speed of 186,000 miles per second, works out to about 5.9 TRILLION miles. And there are galaxies at about 13-14 billion light-years away!

15 posted on 09/10/2009 4:18:41 AM PDT by ETL (ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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