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Originally Posted by SkepticJ
I don't think it's a goof. The Phoenix was only supposed to be capable of warp-factor one: the speed of light. The star-blur doesn't mean you're wooshing past those stars (which would be really bad astronomy!), but is an optical effect caused by the warp drive. Think how gravity warps light, e.g. Einstein rings.
That's what I figure, anyway. Don't know if that's Star Trek canon or not.
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I agree.
They seemed to be at warp only long enough to say that they were at warp.
It never said how far away they went.
The famous Pale Blue Dot photo is Earth at the distance of Saturn.
So, if light takes 8 minutes to reach Earth from the surface of the sun, and they were at warp only a minute or so, they wouldn't be very far from Earth at all, much less outside of any other planets orbit in the solar system.
Ok, Not Far At All considering they are moving in a warp capable vessel...