The star is 350 light years away. 1 light year is the distance light travels in one year. Hence the light we see now started travelling 350 years ago. So what we see now happened 350 years ago. We will not be able to see what is happening there right now until 350 years from now.thaluikhain said:Actually, o we know for sure that this happened 350 years ago?
The article said it was happening now...maybe the scientists are just very patient?
You don't consider waiting for 350 years to be very patient?Socken said:The star is 350 light years away. 1 light year is the distance light travels in one year. Hence the light we see now started travelling 350 years ago. So what we see now happened 350 years ago. We will not be able to see what is happening there right now until 350 years from now.thaluikhain said:Actually, o we know for sure that this happened 350 years ago?
The article said it was happening now...maybe the scientists are just very patient?
It's simple really.
I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Who's waiting for what? They see it happen now, so it happened 350 years ago. No waiting involved. It's not like they knew 350 years ago that it was gonna happen and decided to only tell everyone now.thaluikhain said:You don't consider waiting for 350 years to be very patient?Socken said:The star is 350 light years away. 1 light year is the distance light travels in one year. Hence the light we see now started travelling 350 years ago. So what we see now happened 350 years ago. We will not be able to see what is happening there right now until 350 years from now.thaluikhain said:Actually, o we know for sure that this happened 350 years ago?
The article said it was happening now...maybe the scientists are just very patient?
It's simple really.
Socken said:I dunno, maybe you're making a joke and I just don't get it.
EVERY PLANET IS OUR ENEMY.InnerRebellion said:I declare this new planet to be our enemy!
Cause you suck at naming things?martin said:And that's why I'm going to major in Astronomy/Astrophysics.
Your forgor to mention the Brown Dwarf and link it into the toilet humor.Bon_Clay said:Did anyone else interpret "may be in the process of birthing a planet, though it could just be gas" as a toilet humor joke? Good show if that was the intention.
I like your post, I think I'll call it, 'Post which says the words that it says'.Vrach said:Cause you suck at naming things?martin said:And that's why I'm going to major in Astronomy/Astrophysics.
Seriously though, cool stuff, but isn't the process of celestial body formation too long to actually "witness" per se?
No you really, really couldn't. No matter how big your telescope is, light from the star will still reach it at the same speed (what with it being a universal constant and all (and for the one inevitable person who quotes this and starts talking about mediums along with relative speeds and gravity: shut up. I know.))008Zulu said:If they could build bigger and more powerful telescopes, they could "jump ahead" to see the planet develop faster.
you can't argue with how effective it is. You see the name Very Large Telescope, you know that's one huge telescope.Scott Bullock said:amazingly uncreative namers