SailingNaked t1_j67kxbj wrote
Reply to comment by Mother_Nebula904 in If you could instantaneously place a space telescope at any desired distance (LYs), from any planet/galaxy etc., where would it be and what would you be documenting? And for what purpose? by kennyarsen
You are correct in a way. There is a visible distance limit that we can observe. This is because any light produced beyond that distance will never reach us... ever. Even traveling at the speed of light, the space between the source and the observer expands into a greater distance than the light can travel. It'll constantly head towards us, but it will never reach us. A little photon, lost in the ever expanding emptiness, continuing on to never be observed.
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