How Far Are the Stars?
- Episode aired Jul 21, 1971
The nearest star - not counting our own sun, is 24,690 billion miles from us. Patrick Moore explains that, because the light of stars travel so far to reach us, we see many of them not as th... Read allThe nearest star - not counting our own sun, is 24,690 billion miles from us. Patrick Moore explains that, because the light of stars travel so far to reach us, we see many of them not as they are now but as they were centuries ago.The nearest star - not counting our own sun, is 24,690 billion miles from us. Patrick Moore explains that, because the light of stars travel so far to reach us, we see many of them not as they are now but as they were centuries ago.