It means it has taken light 130 years to travel the distance. Light travels 5,878,630,000,000 miles in 1 year, so something 130 light years away, is a LONG way away.
Light years is a measure for distance, the distance light travels in one year. For the light to travel 587 light years, it takes 587 years.
Yes, because light years is a specific distance. One light year is the distance light travels in the vacuum of space in one year. This distance is about 5.86 trillion miles. Therefore, 114 million light years is calculated by multiplying 5.86 trillion by 114 million. This results in an enormous distance, expressed as:6.70148979 × 1020 miles
Light years is a measure of distance, not of time; it is the distance that light travels in one year.
If you are asking how long it would take to travel the distance of 123.23 light years, then that would depend on how fast you are traveling. Because a light year is a measure of distance not time.
if those are the only 4 options then the star that is 11.9 light years away is the closest
Light years is a measure for distance, the distance light travels in one year. For the light to travel 587 light years, it takes 587 years.
27,000 light-years is a distance of 158,720,000,000,000,000 miles. This is the distance light will travel in 27,000 years.
It takes light 40 years to travel a distance of 40 light years.
A light year is a measure of distance not time. A light year is the distance light travels in one year. So for light to travel 6,300 light years, would take 6,300 years
The distance has been generally presented in Light-years, which is the distance light travels in one-year. The distance to Alpha Centari is 4.7 light-years (alpha Centari is 4.3 light-years distance).
The NGC 1300 galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy 61 million light-years from Earth in the Eridanus constellation, and is 100,000 light-years in diameter, and contains about 100 billion stars.
The distance to a star located 100 light years away from Earth is 100 light years.
100 light years is the distance that light travels in 100 years, which is about 588 trillion miles.
40 light years is the distance that light travels in 40 years, which is about 235 trillion miles.
A light-year is a distance, not a year. 16 light-years is the distance light can travel in 16 years - 94,058,003,200,000 miles.
Years are a measurement of time; light years are a measurement of distance. A light year is the distance light travels in one year (in a vacuum).
The distance of one light year, in light years, is exactly 1.