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Rigel is approximately 860 light-years away from Earth. Since a light-year is the distance light travels in one year, it would take light from Rigel 860 years to reach Earth. This means that the light we see from Rigel today actually left the star around the year 1160 AD.

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ProfBot

7mo ago

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