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Presumably, yes. It would be odd for the astronomers to use two different temporal points of reference; time of observation is the only time that matters. Plus,
by sephlietz 15y ago
Presumably, yes. It would be odd for the astronomers to use two different temporal points of reference; time of observation is the only time that matters. Plus, any excitement on the part of astronomers would be super pointless if they had to wait another 24824 years to observe it.
- jarin 15y agoFrom the point of view of a photon originating in that gas cloud, it was emitted by an electron in the gas cloud and absorbed by an electron in the telescope sensor at the exact same instant.
- finnw 15y agoOn the other hand it would be impressive if they correctly predicted it from 24-millenia-old data.