If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel – A tediously accurate map of the solar system

Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel – A tediously accurate map ... by jdmichal on Monday March 06, 2017 @10:07AM (#13803104)

I think that taking traveler time instead of observer time when the discussion is scale of the universe isn't what people would expect. But I do agree that ignoring the relativity here is silly -- of course it makes the observer time close to the 2.5 million years you would expect given its distance.

And thanks for the site. Do you know whether it takes into account deceleration? Because getting to Andromeda at .99c isn't going to do much good unless you're heading somewhere else...

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Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel – A tediously accurate map ... by bzbarsky on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @01:02AM (#13873931)

> Do you know whether it takes into account deceleration?

Looks like it does. If I plug in a distance of 980m and acceleration of 9.8m/s^2, it gives a 20s time. That's 10s of acceleration (0.5 * 9.8 * 100 == 490m traveled) and 10s of deceleration.

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