Amazing Astronomy News

[Terry L. Wildcat]

Light has reached Earth from an aging star that exploded 7.5 billion years ago (7.5 billion light years away)...it set a record for the most distance object that could be seen on Earth by the naked eye. Before it exploded the star was about forty times bigger than our star, the Sun. One light year is 5.9 trillion miles. That's a long way out there Wildcat fans.

[RP_McMurphy]

You know he's really, really old now.

[lighthouse]

That's a fer piece Terry.

Is it true that when Sam was a kid, the Dead Sea wasn't even sick yet. ;):icon_biggrin:

[Terry L. Wildcat]

LOL guys.

[DenCat]

That's a fer piece Terry.

Is it true that when Sam was a kid, the Dead Sea wasn't even sick yet. ;):icon_biggrin:
But weren't you a referee for his grade school teams!:icon_twisted:

[T75]

Light has reached Earth from an aging star that exploded 7.5 billion years ago (7.5 billion light years away)...it set a record for the most distance object that could be seen on Earth by the naked eye. Before it exploded the star was about forty times bigger than our star, the Sun. One light year is 5.9 trillion miles. That's a long way out there Wildcat fans.

Well, we may not have many astronomy folks here, but this is the brightest occurence that modern man has ever seen; nothing else has even come close. Half way across our universe is a long way. When this big crunch happened, earth hadn't even yet formed. If this happened in earth's neighborhood (you know, like only a few billion million miles away) our little ole planet would be just a piece of charcoal after the waves passed through.

It may be a blessing that man's mind can't even conceive of distances that exist in the galaxy, much less the universe.

[lighthouse]

But weren't you a referee for his grade school teams!:icon_twisted:

:shock: Well, let me think about that one. :icon_rolleyes: :icon_smile:

[UKhoov]

Light has reached Earth from an aging star that exploded 7.5 billion years ago (7.5 billion light years away)...it set a record for the most distance object that could be seen on Earth by the naked eye. Before it exploded the star was about forty times bigger than our star, the Sun. One light year is 5.9 trillion miles. That's a long way out there Wildcat fans.

Well, we may not have many astronomy folks here, but this is the brightest occurence that modern man has ever seen; nothing else has even come close. Half way across our universe is a long way. When this big crunch happened, earth hadn't even yet formed. If this happened in earth's neighborhood (you know, like only a few billion million miles away) our little ole planet would be just a piece of charcoal after the waves passed through.

It may be a blessing that man's mind can't even conceive of distances that exist in the galaxy, much less the universe.

I always think stuff like this is just too cool.

Basically we are getting light from a source that burnt out before Earth was the cool planet in the Universe....awesome.

Question...who exactly pulled out the yard stick and measured that?

[cdrw]

Speaking of "light years", does anyone else remember how Al McGuire would say, near end of a close game with, maybe, 2 minutes to go, something like "Two minutes is a light year in basketball"? He was a great commentator (the best I can remember), but he just didn't quite have the concept of light year being a distance.

[baldcat]

It always staggers me when I look up at the night sky and realize that some of that star light originated from the time Jesus walked the earth, the Greek civilization thrived, and the Romans ruled the known world.

Mind boggling.