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Old 10-10-2007, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by DJVege View Post
Thanks guys.
So, if the centre of our galaxy is that far away, that means that galaxy they recently found that could produce a planet like earth is much closer, at 490LY away. This is some interesting and mind boggling stuff!
Wouldn't it be a star (not a galaxy) that could harbor a planet like earth?

I do find the distances to mind boggling though - and the thought there is is a whole lot of nothing in between!

We can point out the centre of our galaxy up at Ron's on Saturday night DJ.
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