Our Place In The Universe

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Our Place In The Universe

Light travels at 300,000,000 m/s (or 300,000 km/s) The Speed Of Light A Light Year is the distance light travels in a year (9460800000000 km)

Liverpool Time to get there at the speed of light: 0.00017s Distance from Earth: n/a

The Moon Time to get there at the speed of light:1.25s Distance from Earth: 356,334 km The Moon

The Sun Time to get there at the speed of light: 8 min 20s Distance from Earth: 149,000,000 km

Jupiter Time to get there at the speed of light: 41 mins Distance from Earth: 558,000,000 km

Neptune Time to get there at the speed of light: 4.2 hours Distance from Earth: 4460,000,000 km

Alpha Centauri Distance from Earth: 4.3 Light Years Time to get there at the speed of light: 4.3 years Alpha Centauri

Regulus Time to get there at the speed of light: 77.6 years Distance from Earth: 77.6 Light Years

Polaris Time to get there at the speed of light: 432 years Distance from Earth: 432 Light Years

The Orion Nebula Time to get there at the speed of light: 1300 years Distance from Earth: 1300 Light Years The Orion Nebula

Centre Of The Galaxy Distance from Earth: 27,000 Light Years Time to get there at the speed of light: 27,700 years Centre Of The Galaxy

Large Magellanic Cloud Distance from Earth: 160,000 Light Years Time to get there at the speed of light: 160,000 years Large Magellanic Cloud

Andromeda Galaxy Time to get there at the speed of light: 2,540,000 years Andromeda Galaxy Distance from Earth: 2,540,000 Light Years

Sombrero Galaxy Distance from Earth: 12,000,000 LY Time to get there at the speed of light: 12,000,000 years Sombrero Galaxy

Hercules Galactic Cluster Distance from Earth: 350,000,000 LY Time to get there at the speed of light: 350,000,000 years Hercules Galactic Cluster

The Edge Of The Observable Universe Time to get there at the speed of light: 13,700,000,000 years The Edge Of The Observable Universe Distance from Earth: 13,700,000,000 LY