16 May 2009

31 million light years away


One light year is 5,878,630,000,000 miles in distance. That is over 5.8 trillion miles away. That's a huge distance away. The Earth is a tiny speck in the Milky Way Galaxy - and the Milky Way is 'only' 100,000 x 5.8 trillion miles across. This is found 31 million x 5.8 trillion miles away! This image was captured with The Hubble Telescope and is the "X" Structure at Core of Whirlpool Galaxy (M51). More on light years? See this 'You Tube' video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj1sDWjvgjM

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