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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!psuvax1!psuvm!lxs117
  2. Organization: Penn State University
  3. Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 14:56:26 EDT
  4. From: <LXS117@psuvm.psu.edu>
  5. Message-ID: <92211.145626LXS117@psuvm.psu.edu>
  6. Newsgroups: sci.astro
  7. Subject: An Observation Question.
  8. Lines: 9
  9.  
  10.     I have a question about what we really see when we
  11. look at the stars.  I know, for example that if you are
  12. looking at the bright star Vega in the constellation
  13. Lyra, you are seeing light which has traveled 26 light
  14. years to earth.  However, how far are we actually seeing?
  15. What is our real range of vision?
  16.                           Thanks for enlightening me!
  17.  
  18.                           Lizabeth at PSU
  19.