If you look at a star that is 14 light- years away how long ago did the light you are seeing leave the star?

Answer 1

This cannot be answered. This does not make any sense.

Answer 2

approximatly 170000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 miles, but to be pricise its, 176892673974923902874354548546886456455275424528584945734865834053475394753053487593534487584878475804 miles

correction, it's the known universe at :

13.7 billions light years x 6 trillion miles per light year =

82,200,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles =

82 sextillion, 200 quintillion miles

Answer 3

A light year is a measure of distance, not time; it is the distance that light travels in a year. If you look at a star that is 14 light years away, you see it as it was 14 years ago. 14 light years is about 82 trillion miles or 130 trillion kilometers.

Answer 4

Well, if you're light, it takes 14 years. However, at conventional speeds of, say, 40,000 miles per hour, which is how fast Voyagers 1 and 2 are traveling, it would take around 200,000 years to get there.

Answer 5

14 light-years is 82,300,752,800,000 miles.

Answer 6

Since 1 light year is the distance light travels in a year, it would take 14 years for light to reach us from a star 14 light years away.