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Re: Driving Miss Daisy: Dec 2022 -Florida

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 11:19 am
by Sir Henry
North Country Gal wrote:
Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:34 am
Gene, Sirius is bright because it is intrinsically bright (hot) AND because it is so close. It's basically one of our neighbors.
Close, even at 6,000 light years and very bright. If I remember right because of those two things it was the first to be discovered. Some of the farthest are 300 million light years.