Are you mentioning this because you consider it an argument for opposing the views held by the YUC branch of the YEC movement? (YUC = Young Universe Creationists).
-Phil
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From: "Dr. David Campbell" <amblema@bama.ua.edu>
> >New Science "Sciencexpress" articles have been made available (for
> the period 1 Dec 2005 to 8 Dec 2005):
>
> The Distance to the Perseus Spiral Arm in the Milky Way
> Y. Xu, M. J. Reid, X. W. Zheng, and K. M. Menten
> http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1120914v1?etoc
> p. 11209141<
>
> They were able to use triangulation to measure the distance-just over
> 6000 light years. As a relatively close part of our own galaxy, this
> distance indicates that the light from other galaxies would require
> well over 10,000 years to reach us, unless basic geometry doesn't
> hold.
>
>
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