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    High School Understanding the Time Delay in Viewing Events on the Moon with Telescopes

    Thanks guys or ladies; I must confess that the "superman " idea didn't impress my grandson after I let him read all the answers you were kind enough to suggest. The "light waves" was the one he focused on the most. I was able to get him to understand it for awhile, but he called me this...
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    High School Understanding the Time Delay in Viewing Events on the Moon with Telescopes

    [FONT="Arial Narrow"][SIZE="2"][SIZE="2"]Imagine an event occurring on the moon that is not visible to the human eye, but with a high powered telescope it is easily viewed. Did the telescope see it happening in real time or did it see the event 1.32 seconds after it occurred. Based on common...