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Re:Sharpest ever view of the Andromeda Galaxy (2015) by yitchelle on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @04:44AM (#12041926)
I was thinking a similiar thing last night when I read this news. What we observed through the Hubble telescope now about the Andromeda Galaxy happened 2.5 millions years ago. What is it actually doing right now? Is it still alive?
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Re:Sharpest ever view of the Andromeda Galaxy (2015) by pc86 on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @10:20AM (#12043204)
On an astrological scale isn't 2.5 million years a very, very short period of time?
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Re:Sharpest ever view of the Andromeda Galaxy (2015) by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @10:25AM (#12043234)
Yes. Our own galactic 'year' is 250 million years (the time it takes to rotate in place once). So 2.5 million years is about a galactic day (or maybe a weekend).
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Re:Sharpest ever view of the Andromeda Galaxy (2015) by yitchelle on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @04:21PM (#12045634)
Wow, I feel so small, physically and temporally!
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