VY Canis Majoris
About 2.5 million light years from Earth, but since the Earth and Sun are only 8 light minutes apart, there isn't that much of a difference in how far the Andromeda Galaxy is from the Sun or Earth. So the Andromeda Galaxy is about 2.5 million light years from the Sun and Earth.
I will not be able to reach the sun in terms of light years as it is within our own solar system. However, light from the sun takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth so you could say it would take about 8 minutes in terms of light years to "reach" the sun.
Wrong!!!!! The Sun is 1 A.U. ( Astronomic Unit) from Earth. Because of the immensity of space, distances are calculated in 'A.U.' or 'Light Years'. Photons of Light from the Sun takes approximately 8 minutes to reach Earth.
Alnitak is approximately 817 light years away from Earth.
Alpha Centauri is a trinary, about 4.5 light years from earth. Of those three stars, Proxima Centauri is the closest; it is 4.2 light years away.
The Earth is 8.3 light-MINUTES(0.0000152207001522070015220700152207 light years) from the Sun.
light years.
About 8 light-minutes.
It is approximately 1.52207x10^-5 light years. On average it takes just under 8.5 minutes for light to reach the earth from the sun.
a distance of 1.58 × 10-5 light-years).
About 2.5 million light years from Earth, but since the Earth and Sun are only 8 light minutes apart, there isn't that much of a difference in how far the Andromeda Galaxy is from the Sun or Earth. So the Andromeda Galaxy is about 2.5 million light years from the Sun and Earth.
how many light years the earth travels around the sunNo. The Earth travels around the Sun in a measurement of time called a year, which is one revolution or trip around the sun: approximately 584,020,178 miles.A light year is a measurement of distance that light travels in one year, which is approximately 5.88 Trillion (5,880,000,000,000) miles!
I will not be able to reach the sun in terms of light years as it is within our own solar system. However, light from the sun takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth so you could say it would take about 8 minutes in terms of light years to "reach" the sun.
Wrong!!!!! The Sun is 1 A.U. ( Astronomic Unit) from Earth. Because of the immensity of space, distances are calculated in 'A.U.' or 'Light Years'. Photons of Light from the Sun takes approximately 8 minutes to reach Earth.
Our sun is approximately 93,000,000 miles away. One light year isapproximately 5,866,000,000,000 miles away. 93,000,000/5,866,000,000,000 = 0.0000158 light years.
There is light on earth because of the sun. Is that the answer you were looking for?
Light from the sun because all light travels at the same speed, and the sun is the closest star to the earth, so therefore the light from the sun reaches the earth before light from other (further away) stars