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Old 08-26-10, 01:29 PM   #7
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Distances are immense, as our high IQ,

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet View Post
I watched a recently that mentioned the largest known star in the universe, CY Canis Majoris - the video makes mention that if you were to fly a jet at 560 mph just above the surface it would take you 1,100 years to circle it once!
can not imagine that kind of distance which is also not super PC can do, either, in theory only,just think of our "little" sun which we see as huge, but it takes only eight light-minutes to reach,btw thanks for the link great stuff
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