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Old 01-08-2008, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by davewaldo View Post
Its incredible to think that all the stars we can see are only in our tiny part of space!
Interesting. I wonder how far away the farthest naked eye visible star is?

edit: A couple of minutes googling turned up Hipparcos 5926 (V762) in Cassiopeia at 16,308 light-years away, at magnitude 5.84

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