Space Weather

[Jherrith]

Betelgeuse 640 light years away

[Radkres]

What it is only 238,380,600,000,000,000,000 inches! 

[Jherrith]

[Agent0013]

One light year is approximately 6,000,000,000,000 miles. One mile is 5,280 feet. One foot is 12 inches. Calculate properly to learn how many inches are in one light year, and then multiply that result by 640. This will give you the approximate distance to Betelgeuse in inches.


I'd do it myself, but my computer's calculator cannot handle numbers so large in an understandable manner, and I do not have a pen and paper handy to do it manually. I can do it manually, and will when I get the time, but it seems Radkres has already done it. I don't know if he used the actual true amount of miles in a light year, or the approximate amount. I will find the actual amount and get an accurate value, if I can.

[Chiron]

Ever wondered how many µm a dog is long, nose to tail?

[Jherrith]

Ever wondered how many µm a dog is long, nose to tail?

Not till now

let us see at 25400 to an inch it certainly will be a fantastic number depending on the breed

[Chiron]

Not till now

let us see at 25400 to an inch it certainly will be a fantastic number depending on the breed

... not to mention the state of the specimen: the ideal dog's conditions for an accurate measurement would be dead and frozen, and even then one might argue ceaselessly and successfully about reliability and accuracy of the measuring method   


And the universe appears to be slightly more dynamic than a lively dog, and way more difficult to measure accurately - at least for the time being...

[Jherrith]

And the universe appears to be slightly more dynamic than a lively dog, and way more difficult to measure accurately - at least for the time being...

That is certainly true

[Radkres]

Simpsons Grandpa On The Metric System 

[thelufias]

My idea of calculating is saying "It's FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR AWAY....

There may be a couple more FAR'S in there...but whose counting.....