We are twelve billion light years from the edge...
Mar 25, 2020 14:43:46 #
LWW wrote:
There is no true edge. br br The closest is that,... (show quote)
Heidegger argued that all things exist, at once, in their entirety... that would explain and agree with your statement... I couldn't begin to argue otherwise...
Mar 25, 2020 14:47:08 #
GES wrote:
Consider how long it takes that starlight to reach us, if you fear the edge. I don't think we will disappear from the Cosmos just yet!
Wrong song, GES, you're thinking of "Don't Fear the Reaper"- Blue Oyster Cult... and the first time I've ever typed "oyster" twice in one day, in different conversations... I'd say that's a sign- a symbol!- that the edge is nearer than we think!! YIKES!!
Mar 25, 2020 14:48:45 #
Bob Locher wrote:
Beautiful shot! These days we see way too may time exposure star shots such that they have become a cliche. Same for time exposures of water. You did both - and made it work brilliantly. Congrats.
Really glad you like the image, Bob - THANK YOU!
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Mar 25, 2020 19:37:24 #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
Excellent image and great video---thanks!
Katie's quite wonderful, isn't she Corky! It's wonderful too to hear from you- THANKS!!
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Mar 25, 2020 19:38:17 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
Awesome image!
Don
Don
Glad you like it, Don- THANKS!!
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Mar 25, 2020 22:32:19 #
As pointed out, the answer to the universe. One of my favorite tee shirts.
--Bob
--Bob
fuminous wrote:
...
We are twelve billion light years from the edge,
That's a guess,
No-one can ever say it's true...
and it makes me feel quite small...
Katie Melua
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF_w7MMU0DU
wonderful song...
We are twelve billion light years from the edge,
That's a guess,
No-one can ever say it's true...
and it makes me feel quite small...
Katie Melua
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF_w7MMU0DU
wonderful song...
Mar 25, 2020 23:07:31 #
patrick43
Loc: Los Lunas,NM
fuminous wrote:
...
We are twelve billion light years from the edge,
That's a guess,
No-one can ever say it's true...
and it makes me feel quite small...
Katie Melua
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF_w7MMU0DU
wonderful song...
We are twelve billion light years from the edge,
That's a guess,
No-one can ever say it's true...
and it makes me feel quite small...
Katie Melua
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF_w7MMU0DU
wonderful song...
When downloaded, Wow. And it definitely can make you feel small.
Mar 25, 2020 23:19:55 #
Mar 26, 2020 00:04:02 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
josquin1 wrote:
and yet the universe is 98 billion light years across.
Kind of.
Best estimates have the age of the universe at, rounded off, 14 billion years.
That gives us an observable universe of roughly 28 billion light years across ... not taking cosmic inflation into account.
Taking inflation into account that same 28 billion light year observable universe ... remembering we are seeing what was 14 billion years ago, not what is now ... is estimated to be between 90 and 100 billion light years across.
That light will not reach us for about another 31 to 36 billion light years ... at which point those ‘ends’ of the universe will have moved even farther apart.
Even that, however, is not the end of the total universe which is infinite.
Mar 26, 2020 00:11:55 #
josquin1
Loc: Massachusetts
LWW wrote:
Kind of. br br Best estimates have the age of the... (show quote)
Thanks for the explanation.
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