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It means it has taken light 130 years to travel the distance. Light travels 5,878,630,000,000 miles in 1 year, so something 130 light years away, is a LONG way away.
Alpha Centauri is 4.37 light-years away from Earth, which means it takes light, the fastest thing in the universe, 4.37 years to travel that distance. Although light travels at a speed of about 186,282 miles per second, the vastness of space makes this journey take years.
Well, it takes 2,700 years for light to travel that far. Anything travelling at half light-speed would take 5,400 years. At 1/4 light-speed, it would take 10,800 years.
About 100,000 years. (the diameter of the Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years)
The light from the star would have left 2.5 million years ago, as it takes light 1 year to travel a distance of 1 light year.
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Pollux is located approximately 34.9 light years away from the Sun.
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34 years
50,000 light years (thats long)
Pollux is approximately 33.78 light-years away from Earth, which is equivalent to about 198 trillion miles.
34 years
34 years
34 years.
Mintaka (δ Orionis, 34 Orionis) is a star some 900 light years distant in the constellation Orion.
Pollux is 34 light-years from Earth.
It is spelled "Pollux". This star is at a distance of about 34 light-years.