back in time

if vega is 26 light years from our sun how many hours are we looking
back in time when we view vaga
thanks bill

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if vega is 26 light years from our sun how many hours are we looking
back in time when we view vaga
thanks bill

26 times the number of hours in a year...

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if vega is 26 light years from our sun how many hours are we looking
back in time when we view vaga
thanks bill



it's actually 25.27 light years away.

so 25.27*24*365

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if vega is 26 light years from our sun how many hours are we looking
back in time when we view vaga
thanks bill


A little less than 228,000 hours.

Austin

darkfield wrote:

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if vega is 26 light years from our sun how many hours are we looking
back in time when we view vaga
thanks bill



it's actually 25.27 light years away.

so 25.27*24*365

I met Actually once. He disappeared immediately.

wrote:
if vega is 26 light years from our sun how many hours are we looking
back in time when we view vaga
thanks bill



See: http://www.google.com/search?q=25.27...%2F+c+in+hours

"Sam Wormley" wrote in message
news:ha4_g.246050$1i1.39764@attbi_s72...
See: http://www.google.com/search?q=25.27...%2F+c+in+hours

That's a pretty cool calculator feature in Google. It even properly decoded:

http://www.google.com/search?q=7.75+...%2F+c+in+hours

and

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...rs&btnG=Search

But this one incorrectly returned 499 seconds:

http://www.google.com/search?q=1.0+a...F+c+in+seconds

canopus56 wrote:
"Sam Wormley" wrote in message
news:ha4_g.246050$1i1.39764@attbi_s72...
See: http://www.google.com/search?q=25.27...%2F+c+in+hours

That's a pretty cool calculator feature in Google. It even properly decoded:

http://www.google.com/search?q=7.75+...%2F+c+in+hours

and

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...rs&btnG=Search

But this one incorrectly returned 499 seconds:

http://www.google.com/search?q=1.0+a...F+c+in+seconds





Looks accurate to me...
http://www.google.com/search?q=1+AU+%2F+c
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...F+c+in+seconds

In article ,
canopus56 wrote:

But this one incorrectly returned 499 seconds:

http://www.google.com/search?q=1.0+a...F+c+in+seconds

....and what would you want instead? The light-time of one AU happens
to be very close to 499 seconds.....


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In article 1V5_g.202348$FQ1.142843@attbi_s71,
Sam Wormley wrote:
canopus56 wrote:
"Sam Wormley" wrote in message
news:ha4_g.246050$1i1.39764@attbi_s72...
See: http://www.google.com/search?q=25.27...%2F+c+in+hours

That's a pretty cool calculator feature in Google. It even properly decoded:

http://www.google.com/search?q=7.75+...%2F+c+in+hours

and

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...rs&btnG=Search

But this one incorrectly returned 499 seconds:

http://www.google.com/search?q=1.0+a...F+c+in+seconds





Looks accurate to me...
http://www.google.com/search?q=1+AU+%2F+c
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...F+c+in+seconds

One thing I'm missing in this nice "Google calculator" is trig functions
whoch work in degrees. Almost all trig equipped pocket calculators have
that, so why not also Google? Or perhaps it's there but I just don't know
the name of the trig functions in degrees? Oh, I just found it! One simply
writes e.g.:

sin(30 degrees)

:-)


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