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To answer this question you must take into account the effects of relativity. All stars of orions belt are 1500 light years away, ie 1.42 x 1019 m. According to Newtonian physics it would take 1.42 x 1019 \ c = 4.7 x 1010s = 1500 years, where c is the speed of light. Now this is not true according to Einsteinian physics. according to Einsteinian physics as an object gains velocity its mass increases exponentially towards infinity as velocity approaches c. It is therefore impossible to travel at the speed of light as you would require more and more energy to accerate at a constant rate to c. In fact you would require infinite amounts of energy to reach c. You would also have infinite mass and this would do who knows what to the universe or space-time-continuum. in short this was probably a trick question, it is impossible. Maybe the question needs to be asked again but with a different speed, say 0.95c.
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How long has the Andromeda galaxy been alive?
Never - its not alive. But it has existed for many billions of years, almost 13.
What is the key to Isaac Newton's three laws of motion?
- Go to Antarctica to reach the centre where you will see a large kitten that will meow - Cats - Cats & Aaron Hitler
The space behind an opaque object where light doesn't reach?
shadow
Which region of the electromagnetic spectrum can easily reach a telescope on the earth's surface?
Visible light.
How long will it take you to reach Alpha Centauri 4.37 light years away if you are travelling 16000 mph?
As the distance to Alpha Centauri is 4.367 light years then traveling at the speed of light it would take 4.367 years to get there. However due to the effects of special relativity the travelers would experience the trip as instantaneous (i.e. taking no time at all). From the earth if the travelers sent back a message as soon as they arrived, that message would arrive 8.734 years after the travelers departed.
How long would it take to get to Orions belt?
The Belt is not a single group; it has three main stars, at distances between approximately 800 and 1340 light-years. To get to the nearest of these stars, therefore, would take about 800 years, if you managed to travel at a speed close to the speed of light. With current technology, however, it isn't possible to reach even stars that are much closer to us.
How many light years does it take the sun light to reach Vega?
It takes sunlight about 27 years to reach Vega.
How long it takes for light from CAPELLA to reach us?
It takes light 42.2 years for light from Capella to reach us
How long does it take for the light generated by the star Betelgeuse to reach Earth?
The light takes about 640 years to reach Earth, as Betelgeuse (a red supergiant star) is about 640 light years from Earth.
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 it take light to travel from the Sun to the Andromeda Galaxy?
The light from our Sun will take about 2.5 million years to reach the Andromeda Galaxy.
How long does it takes light from to reach earth?
About 37 years.
IF the crab nebula is 6300 light years from earth how long did take the light from the supernova to reach earth?
6,300 years
How long does it take a photon of light to reach Earth from the centre of the Sun?
It takes a long time to get to the surface of the Sun. I have read various estimates, but I think, on average, it takes about 40,000 years. It only takes a few minutes to reach Earth from the Sun's surface. It takes over a million years because of size, density and atomic reactions. Then only eight and a third minutes to reach the Earth.
How long does it take for light to reach us from the sun and stars?
The following are some benchmark light times: Sun - ~8 minutes Pluto - ~249 minutes (about 4 hours 9 minutes) Oort Cloud - 1 light year Proxima Centauri (closest star) - 4.2 light years Pleiades (Seven Sisters) - 440 light years Orion Nebula - 1.5 thousand (1,500) light years Ring Nebula - 2 thousand (2,000) light years Eta Carinae - 8,000 light years Milky Way Centre - 25,000 light years LMC - 160,000 light years Andromeda - 2,500,000 light years Whirlpool Galaxy - 37,000,000 light years The Mice - 300 million light years The Hubble Deep Field - 13 billion light years Edge of Universe - At least 13.4 billion light years
The nearest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri which is 4.3 light-years away If light leaves this star in 2020 when will it reach Earth?
If light leaves Proxima Centauri in 2020, it will take 4.3 years to reach Earth. Therefore, the light will arrive on Earth in the year 2024.
How long does it take starlight to reach us?
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 !
