If we send the hubble telescope thousands of light years away and point it towards earth, will we be able to see 1000 years into the past?

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Anonymous Tue Dec 6 15:00:56 2011 No.4108558 [Reply] [Original]

If we send the hubble telescope thousands of light years away and point it towards earth, will we be able to see 1000 years into the past?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 6 15:03:11 2011 No.4108570 Theoretically yes but you wouldn't see the data for 1000 years.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 6 15:03:20 2011 No.4108571 The telescope would take 1000 years at lightspeed to get there so no... no we wouldn't

>>	Jeff Mangum Died For Your Sins !rAl8Mz2mp2 Tue Dec 6 15:05:27 2011 No.4108583 It would take the telescope 1,000 years to get there at the fastest speed allowed by physics, then it will take another 1,000 to receive the data. It wouldn't be worth the effort.

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