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Can you practically see an object the whole 13.7 billion light years away?
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∙ 13y ago
Not with your eyes, you can't. The light from far-away objects is so spread out that
the amount entering your eye is not enough to be recognizable ... it's too dim.
But that's exactly what telescopes are for ... not to 'magnify' objects, but to collect
a lot of their spread-out light, and make them appear brighter.
The combination of the biggest telescopes we have, plus the most sensitive detectors
we have, plus the longest possible exposures, have so far been combined to detect
objects that are believed to be between 13.5 to 14 billion light years away.
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What was the year 13 billion years ago?
Who knows. It's a bit like asking how old someone is who lives in New Mexico. If we can see it and it's 13 billion light years away, then the only thing we know for sure is that it existed 13 billion years ago. If the whole galaxy suddenly winks out and disappears tomorrow, we won't know about it for another 13 billion years. For that matter, maybe it already has! +++ It's very simple. A light-year is the distance light travels in one year, so what you see of a galaxy 13 billion light-years away, is as it was 13 billion years ago. ' You'll have to live another 13 billions years to see it as it is "now"! :-)
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What was the year 13 billion years ago?
Who knows. It's a bit like asking how old someone is who lives in New Mexico. If we can see it and it's 13 billion light years away, then the only thing we know for sure is that it existed 13 billion years ago. If the whole galaxy suddenly winks out and disappears tomorrow, we won't know about it for another 13 billion years. For that matter, maybe it already has! +++ It's very simple. A light-year is the distance light travels in one year, so what you see of a galaxy 13 billion light-years away, is as it was 13 billion years ago. ' You'll have to live another 13 billions years to see it as it is "now"! :-)
