[ATM] FW: Sidewalk or Grass walk rookie observer's

[Scott Ewart]

Ozzy,
    It's all relative.  From our point of view, it did take 2 billion 
years to get here.  But if you're a photon traveling at the speed of 
light, time is slowed by time dilation to zero (if you believe 
Einstein).  Like I said, boggles the mind.

Scott


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Corona Australis" <corona_australis at westnet.com.au>
To: <atm at atmlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 11:54 PM
Subject: [ATM] FW: Sidewalk or Grass walk rookie observer's


| Hi Scott,
|
| If you are implying that the light we see from 3C273 gets here
| instantaneous. I believe you would be incorrect in that. Btw,
| I dont hold an advanced degree in either astronomy and physics
| so if I'm incorrect perhaps someone else can enlighten me. The
| whole concept of light boggles my mind ever since I took up
| astronomy. I was fine with it when you just turned a light bulb
| on you got light lol
|
| Here's another example, super nova 1987a for instance, if lights
| trip was instantaneous then we would of miss that SN by 160 000
| years.
|
| Regards,
|
| Ozzy
|
|
| >     Ah, but its trip was instantaneous.  Kind of boggles the mind.
| >
| > Scott
| >
| > |
| > | I also like to tell folks if 3C273 is up and in the FOV,
| > | that the light hitting the back of your/their retina started
| > | it's journey before molecular life started on Earth.
| > |
| > | regards,
| > |
| > | Ozzy
| > | _______________________________________________
| > |
|