Distances in Astronomy?

[GaryN]

Now fair go Gary. You also once very much felt that the stars were much closer than the distances given, as I remember.

I still do, and I also believe that most of the 'stars' they are detecting are rather planets or moons, and they are a lot closer than we are lead to believe. As far as observations from Earth are concerned, I think the most influence on how distant objects appear will be from Earths atmospheric effects, and not from any possible shells or boundary layers that the 'light' must pass through to reach us. Again, just my opinion Mo, and your line of reasoning may well be the better one, hopefully we'll uncover the truth in the not too distant future.
I'm still waiting for proof thet the nearest 'stars' to us are indeed stars, so 'till then, anything at any greater distance can not be assumed to be stars.

[LunarSabbathTruth]

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I still do, and I also believe that most of the 'stars' they are detecting are rather planets or moons, and they are a lot closer than we are lead to believe. As far as observations from Earth are concerned, I think the most influence on how distant objects appear will be from Earths atmospheric effects, and not from any possible shells or boundary layers that the 'light' must pass through to reach us. Again, just my opinion Mo, and your line of reasoning may well be the better one, hopefully we'll uncover the truth in the not too distant future.
I'm still waiting for proof thet the nearest 'stars' to us are indeed stars, so 'till then, anything at any greater distance can not be assumed to be stars.

I also feel that most of that the "stars" are not as large or as far away as popular astronomy says, and that seems to match the EU model better too, in my opinion.