At present we are viewing lights emitted by the stars millions of years ago.Actually the orentation of the star might have changed.
2006-10-01 15:21:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Most of the objects in the sky you can see with your bare eyes are way less than a million light years away. The relative position of the stars do change but althogh a star might move houndreads of millions of miles away from from another star, we cant bearly notice it because of the paralx, with
them being so far away would take so much more time or so much more separation for us to notice the difference.
2006-10-01 15:29:38 · answer #1 · answered by alexqr79 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, you're right. it gives us an insight into what was happening at the time the star emitted that light. Astronomers look at the stars to help gain an understanding of why the Universe works the way it does. Curiosity, I guess. What actually happens to a star once it runs out of fuel has been predicted by astronomers by looking at the stars, collecting historical information and collating all the info they get. different sized stars end up as different objects, depending mainly on their size. we wouldn't know about pulsars, quasars, supernovae, nebulae, red giants and white dwarves if no one had taken the time to look at and study the stars.
2006-10-01 22:27:57 · answer #2 · answered by loki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it's still interesting to see eventhough what you're seeing is out dated.
2006-10-01 22:26:36 · answer #3 · answered by kojava 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What gaelraiven said.
2006-10-02 13:19:57 · answer #4 · answered by Search first before you ask it 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course yes, REASON: same as given in above ans
2006-10-02 01:14:24 · answer #5 · answered by seju 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What?
2006-10-01 22:29:39 · answer #6 · answered by chelsea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, what they said
2006-10-01 22:29:37 · answer #7 · answered by nada 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
worthy?
2006-10-01 22:24:32 · answer #8 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dint get u!
2006-10-04 06:48:30 · answer #9 · answered by pioneer. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
true
2006-10-01 22:24:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋