I thought I heard a reference to the star Myra (Breckenridge-no doubt!) Unless there is a misunderstanding on my part, the BA said something about the star having a UV trail, that was 17 LY long, and it had been doing this for 37,000 years.....I was wondering if the star was moving that fast...in order to leave a 17 LY long trail of gas, or if he meant it was 37,000 years for the light to reach us?

Dale in Ala

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Mira. The BA was discussing one of his top 10 astronomy pictures of the year.

The original blog article about Mira, with a fuller explanation, was: The Wonderful

A key quote:

Yes, the star is moving that fast. Very fast.

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Cow, Holy!! I did not know it was going that fast...This is really neat!!

Thanks for the answer...

Dale

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Forgot to add, "Miraable dictu....eh Father??"

Dale

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