Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "This Telescope Can See Backwards In Time" video.

  1. AEROSPACE ENGINEER HERE: News Flash. EVERY Telescope looks backwards in time. Even a telescope you can buy at the hobby store looks back in time. Even your naked eye looks back in time when ever you look up at the night sky. Every little twinkle from every star you can see is the result of photons travelling across space and time to your eye. If you look at Orion's belt there are 3 stars in a line. They are Alnitak (left), is about 800 light-years away, Alnilam (middle) is about 1,300 light-years away and Mintaka (right) is about 900 light-years away. When that twinkle from Alnitak started its way to you in the 13th Century Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire When that twinkle from Mintaka started its way to you in the 12th century the Crusades were in full swing. When that twinkle from Alnilam started its way to you in the 8th century the poem Beowulf was composed, Charlemagne was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III and iron horse shoes started to be used.
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