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Old 21-May-2003, 07:47 PM
Boomgawa Boomgawa is offline
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Okay, have at it: Where is my reasoning faulty?
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If I, the human, first see Light that is 7.8 LY´s away. Then that Light happened millions of years ago.
Nope. If something is 7.8 LY away, then you're seeing light that was emitted/reflected from it only 7.8 years ago. No millions involved.

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