SCIENCE QUIZ
Quiz
If you could travel in a space-ship at the speed of light away from the solar system, how long could you see the sun? ANS
The exact answer depends on your eyesight and observing conditions but most people could see the sun for about 30 years in reasonably good observing conditions. The sun is considered an average star. There are stars as much as 400,000 times brighter than the sun and others as much as 400,000 times fainter if they could all be seen at the same distance.
If you could travel in a space-ship at the speed of light away from the solar system, how long could you see the sun? ANS
The exact answer depends on your eyesight and observing conditions but most people could see the sun for about 30 years in reasonably good observing conditions. The sun is considered an average star. There are stars as much as 400,000 times brighter than the sun and others as much as 400,000 times fainter if they could all be seen at the same distance.
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