OK, Facts from Wikipedia:
Located at a distance of about 6,300 light years (2 kpc) from Earth, the nebula has a diameter of 11 ly (3.4 pc) and is expanding at a rate of about 1,500 kilometers per second.
Considering that 1500 kilometers per second is 3300 miles per second in a day that would mean that the nebula expanding 285,120,000 miles a day.
In a month that would be 59,875,200,000 billion miles.
Why doesn't this nebula look massive in the sky? How can it be so consistent with it's appearance?
2007-12-15
09:46:44
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Jansen J
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