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I am writing a storyline that has a battle scene that takes place in space. I was wondering, if one ship fires a small projectile at a speed nearing that of light, and it is emitting light, will the spaceship it is being fired at be able to see the shot for more than a few milliseconds before it hit them?
Assuming that the ship firing is about a million (1.2million) miles away, and given that light travels about 186,000 miles in a second, there should be about a six second delay, but if the projectile is traveling .9 * (constant, the speed of light), for how long will it be detectable before impact?
Assuming that the ship firing is about a million (1.2million) miles away, and given that light travels about 186,000 miles in a second, there should be about a six second delay, but if the projectile is traveling .9 * (constant, the speed of light), for how long will it be detectable before impact?