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16 years 6 months ago #68738 by JohnMurphy
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I guess DS telescopes change all of that............and we see it almost the instant it happens?.


No - you had it right first time. We're seeing it as it happened in the past. The light still takes 100M years to get here if the object is 100M LY away.

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John Murphy
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16 years 6 months ago #68739 by pj30something
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No - you had it right first time. We're seeing it as it happened in the past. The light still takes 100M years to get here if the object is 100M LY away.

LOL................yeah. I know that. I just confused myself looking at Seanie's pics.

Paul C
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