Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+

> The biggest star, VY Canis Majoris, is, 1,000,000,000 times bigger than our sun

views
     
absorb-d
post Jul 22 2015, 12:12 PM

Regular
******
Senior Member
1,115 posts

Joined: Dec 2008
QUOTE(nestlebliss @ Jul 22 2015, 11:59 AM)
This is UDF 423, a galaxy which is 10 BILLION light years away. That means this image, even when viewed in a telescope ‘now’, right here on earth, is actually 10 billion light years old. Try to wrap your head around that one.

*
astronomy is always fascinating to behold

user posted image

Bump Topic Add ReplyOptions New Topic
 

Change to:
| Lo-Fi Version
0.0876sec    0.61    6 queries    GZIP Disabled
Time is now: 16th December 2025 - 01:11 PM