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Re:GlobalFoundries joins Google’s open source silicon initia... by skybrian on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @07:05PM (#32337509)
In astronomy, aren't they in some sense equivalent? Andromeda galaxy is 2.5 million light years way, so we are seeing it as it was 2.5 million years in the past.
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Re:GlobalFoundries joins Google’s open source silicon initia... by unethical_ban on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @09:00PM (#32338205)
No. Light year is the distance.

Distance/time * time = distance

Waiting a "light year" would be a year.

Yes, you are correct that astronomers talk about seeing into the past by X number of years when we look at a galaxy X light years away.

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