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btaf45@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

100 ly years is actually kind of far. It is farther than most of our named stars. I wouldn’t consider it ‘nearby’.

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Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

In space that is nearby.

That was my point, Human scale vs astrophysical scale.

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- btaf45@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  100 ly is not in our local intersteller neighborhood. It is 3x farther than even Arcturus.
  
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  - Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    100 ly is not in our local intersteller neighborhood.
    
    Good thing I never said it was.
    
    In space that is nearby.
    
    Human scale vs astrophysical scale.
    
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