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Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:23:15 2010 No.1282130 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /sci/ I have a question, I think it's pretty basic but meh..

If the distance from Earth to other stars or planets is, for example 50 light years, wouldn't that mean we're seeing these stars as they were 50 years ago, so if the planet or star were to explode right now, wouldn't that mean we'd only see it's explosion 50 years later?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:24:15 2010 No.1282143 right, and people from that point of view would see the earth in 1960 if they were to view us from a telescope

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:27:15 2010 No.1282171 >50 light years >50 years >2010 >1960 ITT: light year=regular year fags

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:29:15 2010 No.1282191 >>1282171 wut?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:31:15 2010 No.1282201 >>1282171 3/10

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:31:15 2010 No.1282206 >>1282171 since we use light to see things and light is the fastest thing anyway... yes light years = years we see in the past

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:31:15 2010 No.1282207 >>1282191 free protip: a light year is not as long as a regular earth year

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:32:15 2010 No.1282221 >>1282207 >>1282207 365.25 days. It's approx. one earth year. Fuck off.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:32:15 2010 No.1282219 >>1282171 A LIGHT YEAR IS A MEASURE OF SPACE NOT TIME YOU FUCKING MOTHER FUCK

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:32:15 2010 No.1282216 Lightyears are measured based on how long a year is at the point relative to you. A star is X number of lightyears from Earth, but it would be Y number of lightyears from jupiter because of the different orbits.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:32:15 2010 No.1282215 >>1282206 moran. read second post and first post with a grammarnazi eye. 2010-1960=50 YEARS. fags don't understand, obviously.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:33:15 2010 No.1282228 ITT misinformation

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:34:15 2010 No.1282231 unintentional troll is highly successful

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:34:15 2010 No.1282233 >>1282215 I understand, retard. 50 years into our past is what people on 50 lightyear away planet would see if they looked at us.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:35:15 2010 No.1282244 File: 100 KB, 1000x1939, troll.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1282231 i win, as usual

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:36:15 2010 No.1282250 >>1282216 no, one light year is the distance light travels in a vacuum in 365.25 days. One day being 86,400 seconds.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 17:37:15 2010 No.1282265 >>1282250 fucking THIS

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 18:10:15 2010 No.1282505 this

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 18:21:15 2010 No.1282559 >>1282250 So pretty much OP is retarded

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 27 18:29:15 2010 No.1282615 >>1282559 OP is correct. OP is curious about a basic fact, that doesn't mean he's retarded.

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