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The distance of Altair is listed as 16.8 light-years.
That's something like 1.1 million times the distance from the earth to the sun !
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How long does it take for the sun light to reach us?
About 8 minutes
How long does it take light from our nearest star to reach us?
Several thousand years.
How long does heat radiated from the sun take to reach us?
Roughly [8 and 1/3] minutes.
This is the amount of starlight received on earth?
The amount of starlight received on Earth is called apparent magnitude. This is the measurement of how bright the stars appear from Earth.
How long would it take a ray of light to travel to Proxima Centauri from the Sun?
Proxima Centauri is 4.2 light years away, so it would take 4.2 years for light from that star to reach us.
How long does it take for the sun light to reach us?
About 8 minutes
How long it will take to reach US from delhi?
It takes around 15 hours
How long does it take for a letter to reach Winnipeg from us?
2 to 6 weeks
How many years would it take for the Northern Star light to reach Earth?
Polaris (North Star) is about 433 light years from us, so that is how long light will take to reach us.
How long does mail take to reach Libya from US?
1 to 14 days or more
How long does it take for an airmail package from us to reach Romania?
Approx. two weeks.
How long does it take for a package to reach Ireland from US?
it takes about almost 4 months.
How long does it take light from our nearest star to reach us?
Several thousand years.
How long does it take for registered mail to reach the US from Germany?
7-15 Days
Does it sometimes take millions of years for starlight to reach earth?
Not for the stars you can see without a telescope. All of the stars you see at night are within a few hundred light years of Earth, so it does not take the light more than a few hundred years to reach us. There are stars in other galaxies that are millions or even billions of light years away. That light does take millions to billions of years to reach us, though the stars are too far away for us to thee them individually.
How long did it take a letter to reach the US from Europe in World War 2?
About 3 weeks.
How long does registered mail take from china to reach US?
1 to 14 days or more
