The light you see takes time to travel to you from the...

  1. aspro
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    03/12/06
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    The light you see takes time to travel to you from the observer.

    Thus the answer to both questions is that each is seeing the past. Recent if in close proximity; one year for each light-year distance.

    The moon is 2 1/4 (I think) seconds away.
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