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Originally Posted by Suzy
I've just looked up how many light years away the Fornax cluster of galaxies are, and its  50,000 L/Y. So if one light year equals 6 trillion miles, that's ... forget it, my calculator makes no sense.
Not sure if my skills are up to these yet, but I'll give them a go  . May need lots of councilling during and after - could get nasty (hope the possums stay away)  .
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That distance should be more like 60 million light years. That's about 5.7x10^20 km or 570 000 000 000 000 000 000 km!
Regards, Rob