Because you might have seen it in a telescope years ago idk
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A light year is a measure of distance. If an object is 15 million light years away, the light you are looking at in this moment was produced 15 million years ago. If a star that far away went supernova at this moment, we wouldn't know it for another 15 million years.
The light we see on the surface of our planet from the Sun is a little over 8 minutes old, because it took that light about 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to Earth.
A Million Light Years Away was created in 2002.
The nearest galaxy to us is the Andromeda Galaxy, about 2.5 Million light years from us. It can be just about seen with the naked eye, as a small cloudy looking object in the Andromeda constellation.
885 million miles = 0.000150548614 light years.
21 million light years is an immense distance in space, equivalent to the distance light travels in 21 million years. To provide a sense of scale, the Milky Way galaxy is estimated to be about 100,000 light years in diameter, showing just how vast 21 million light years really is.
40 million kilometers = 4.22809364 × 10-6 light years.
1.5 million light-years is equivalent to the distance that light travels in 1.5 million years.
Million Light Years Away was created in 1998.
A Million Light Years Away was created in 2002.
The nearest galaxy to us is the Andromeda Galaxy, about 2.5 Million light years from us. It can be just about seen with the naked eye, as a small cloudy looking object in the Andromeda constellation.
885 million miles = 0.000150548614 light years.
21 million light years is an immense distance in space, equivalent to the distance light travels in 21 million years. To provide a sense of scale, the Milky Way galaxy is estimated to be about 100,000 light years in diameter, showing just how vast 21 million light years really is.
107 million kilometers = 1.13101505 × 10-5 light years.
Milky Way Galaxy - Our GalaxyOmega Centauri - former galaxy - 0.0183 million light years awayCanis Major Dwarf - 0.025 million light years awayVirgo Stellar Stream - 0.03 million light years awaySagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy - 0.81 million light years awayLarge Magellanic Cloud - 0.163 million light years awayAndromeda Galaxy - Largest - 2.5 million miles away.
Milky Way Galaxy - Our GalaxyOmega Centauri - former galaxy - 0.0183 million light years awayCanis Major Dwarf - 0.025 million light years awayVirgo Stellar Stream - 0.03 million light years awaySagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy - 0.81 million light years awayLarge Magellanic Cloud - 0.163 million light years awayAndromeda Galaxy - Largest - 2.5 million miles away.
Among the options listed, the Andromeda Galaxy is the farthest from Earth. It is approximately 2.537 million light-years away, while Barnard's Star is about 5.96 light-years away, the Triangulum Galaxy is around 2.73 million light-years away, and Neptune is only about 4.3 billion kilometers (approximately 0.000014 light-years) from Earth. Therefore, the Andromeda Galaxy is the farthest object on this list.
40 million kilometers = 4.22809364 × 10-6 light years.
About 2.5 million light-years.Approximately 2.5 million light years away