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Old 05-December-2008, 11:44 PM
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On top of that, the scope would have to go out 4.5 billion light years in order to view light that came from the forming solar system. That's twice as far away as the Andromeda galaxy is, currently. You'd need a 'scope the size of a planet, or bigger, in order to see any details.

So the idea has another strike.

Fred
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