Big Bang and 200 billion lightyears

Hello,

Was talking to a classmate the other day, and we got on to the Big Bang
Theory.

She said she had done a project on it in highschool (I think) in which she
found that someone had discovered an object that was 200 billion lightyears
away, which is something that could not have possibly gotten here from
anywhere in the universe.

I have googled all day but have not found any reference to this. Does anyone
have a suggestion or know this object or 'discovery'?

Thanks,
-Shawn P. 'Indefual' Conroy
--
"If you don't have a sense of humor,
you probably don't have any sense at all."
-Unknown

http://www.indefual.net/

Indefual wrote in sci.astro:

Hello,

Was talking to a classmate the other day, and we got on to the Big
Bang Theory.

She said she had done a project on it in highschool (I think) in which
she found that someone had discovered an object that was 200 billion
lightyears away, which is something that could not have possibly
gotten here from anywhere in the universe.


Our visual horizon is far from 200 billion lightyears away. There are no
such objects we have observed.

What grade did she get for finishing that project?



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CeeBee wrote:

She said she had done a project on it in highschool (I think) in which
she found that someone had discovered an object that was 200 billion
lightyears away, which is something that could not have possibly
gotten here from anywhere in the universe.

Our visual horizon is far from 200 billion lightyears away. There are no
such objects we have observed.

That's what I figured. Is there any recorded hoax similar than this?

-Shawn P. 'Indefual' Conroy
--
"If you don't have a sense of humor,
you probably don't have any sense at all."
-Unknown

http://www.indefual.net/

Oh,

I found out that she got this information, aparently, from 'A Brief History
of Time' by the world famous author.

Now, it's been a few years, and I don't have my copy here. Does anyone
remember any mention of this?

-Shawn P. 'Indefual' Conroy
--
"If you don't have a sense of humor,
you probably don't have any sense at all."
-Unknown

http://www.indefual.net/