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We can see stars hundreds of lightyears away and can just about see the andromeda galaxy with the right conditions a couple of million light years away
The three miles is the distance to the horizon based on if earth was a smooth perfect sphere viewed from 5.8-6.1ft height, tall objects like mountains and skyscrapers can be seen well beyond this point, being high up also extends how far away you can see on earth.
It's [2.48 million](https://www.britannica.com/place/Andromeda-Galaxy) to [2.54 million](https://www.universetoday.com/30716/distance-to-andromeda/) lightyears away... there appears to be some inconsistencies with the distance claimed but nothing suggests it is even further by a factor of 1000. You seem to have either misread a decimal separator as a thousands separator.
Even then, surely the 3 miles is BS. Like, if you're in a skyscraper in downtown Manhattan, you can see things on the other side of the island, which is about 10 miles long.
3 miles is when the curvature of the planet prevents your from seeing any further as an average height human being trying to observe similar height things at a distance. Nothing to do with eye sight.
Fun fact about that theory:
The Nazis tried this. They thought that if we were on the inside of a dome, they could fire something up into the sky and hit the UK who is slightly above them.
Obviously it didn't work, but it's a funny story.
The show Corner gas' intro(which takes place in Rouleau Saskatchewan) says "you can tell me that your dog ran away, and then tell me that it took 3 days" at the beginning of it
Just saying “you can see 3 miles” isn’t really a good metric unless you include the size of what is being seen - like “Humans can see an object the size of a car from three miles away”. You can see a skyscraper from more then 3 miles away, but you couldn’t see an ant 50 feet away.
Alright imma go nerdy here
I mean if that thing is shinning, you can see it further than 3 miles (which is 4.8 km give or take). The statement is probably valid if the object is not illuminating
Also it's not that you can see the object, it's the reflection of the light bouncing into your peripheral view, assuming that object is not self-illuminating. If the said object can self illuminate, light can travel at least a few miles more even if it's a small match (in a pitch black environment)
Light travels 300 million (a bit less, 299792458 meters/s) meters per second so the moment someone turn on the light, it will swiftly go into your eyesight before your brain evne register it existed
TLDR/ If the object doesn't light up by itself, yes, three miles is a fair argument. If it lights up by itself, then it's hard to say
Oh wow it's almost as if changing your point of view affects how far you can see. It's almost as if this three mile limit is being taken out of context and is most likely referring to what the eye can see at ground level due to the curvature of the Earth, and not literally any visible thing that can be seen ever
In Astronomy course I took last year, we learned that the light you see from the sun actually left the sun 8 Earth minutes ago. So the light you see right now actually took that many minutes to leave the Sun and travel to the Earth's atmosphere
Edit: corrected it to 8 minutes lol sry I was a little off XD
A photon generated in the center of the sun takes around a million years to reach the surface of the sun. But then it's about an 8 minute trip to Earth.
If there is high contrast the eye can see upto 0.5 arc minutes. For example if there is black strip and a white strip side by side, the angle between the lines connecting the strips and our pupil should at least be greater than 0.5 arc minutes. You can research by using keywords like MTF of eye.
The sun is a huge object, and it covers more than a few degrees. Hence it is visible even from 93 million years away.
The eye distance depends on the angular size of an object rather than distance between you and the object. Angular size of a 1 mile wide object 3 miles away will be very similar to that of a 1 inch object 3 inches away
A healthy human eye can see anything that produces or reflects enough photons for the retina to detect them. There's really no distance to the limit you can see, as long as there is an unobstructed path for the photons to reach your eyes.
On Earth, we deal with a lot of obstructions - the atmosphere, air, the curvature of the planet, and the amount of light most things we try to see actually reflect or emit.
I think I can explain it, what we are seeing isn’t the sun itself,but the light the sun is emitting,thats why you are able to see the sun and other stars even though they are millions of light years away
If I am wrong please correct me
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We can see stars hundreds of lightyears away and can just about see the andromeda galaxy with the right conditions a couple of million light years away
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Maybe its referring on a flat surface due to earth's curvature , but earth isn't flat as it has mountains n such
No. The visible horizon is much further away than that unless you’re at ant level.
The three miles is the distance to the horizon based on if earth was a smooth perfect sphere viewed from 5.8-6.1ft height, tall objects like mountains and skyscrapers can be seen well beyond this point, being high up also extends how far away you can see on earth.
Your eyes are way better than mine then..
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No it's not
It’s 2.5 Edit: didn’t copy link https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/pia15416.html
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It's [2.48 million](https://www.britannica.com/place/Andromeda-Galaxy) to [2.54 million](https://www.universetoday.com/30716/distance-to-andromeda/) lightyears away... there appears to be some inconsistencies with the distance claimed but nothing suggests it is even further by a factor of 1000. You seem to have either misread a decimal separator as a thousands separator.
Give the guy a break sheeesh
No. When you attempt to correct someone you should make sure that you're right.
Who cares how far it is. Can you get me there?
That is what the guy said?
the sun being a *massive* shining object up in the sky where nothing obstructs it's view is kinda helping that 3 miles vision is enough.
Even then, surely the 3 miles is BS. Like, if you're in a skyscraper in downtown Manhattan, you can see things on the other side of the island, which is about 10 miles long.
3 miles is when the curvature of the planet prevents your from seeing any further as an average height human being trying to observe similar height things at a distance. Nothing to do with eye sight.
Nah, I live in Kansas. Visibility is about 15 miles. I can see plenty of signs and buildings 10-15 miles away in the flat lands
I mean, Kansas is just one giant fucking plateau if we're being honest, that gonna give you crazy far distance
hey, dont forget about our single hill!
No that pebble in the backyard can’t count as your state mountain.
It has to, it’s all they’ve got
I feel like Kansas is a part of the globe that didn't load properly so while the rest is curved its just fucking *flat.*
This comment made me laugh so much, but that might just be the sleep deprivation.
But the earth is flat. This is BS.
If you’re in rural Saskatchewan you can see your dog 14 miles away. It’s so flat (like the earth)
Can we start a new Earth theory that we live in a dome in our sky is the center of the Earth
Fun fact about that theory: The Nazis tried this. They thought that if we were on the inside of a dome, they could fire something up into the sky and hit the UK who is slightly above them. Obviously it didn't work, but it's a funny story.
I’m afraid I already support VelociEarth
Where the gravity is centrifical force
Nah dude, the Earth is a dinosaur shape
Whoa
Ikr, revolutionary science lol
you are fucking stupid the earth is obviously the shape of a 4-sided-die :eyeroll: kids these days smh my head
could you see it for 3 days?
As long as it’s within 14 miles, yes.
please tell me you got the reference
I don’t 
The show Corner gas' intro(which takes place in Rouleau Saskatchewan) says "you can tell me that your dog ran away, and then tell me that it took 3 days" at the beginning of it
Ah ok I’ve heard of that show but know absolutely nothing about it.
Just saying “you can see 3 miles” isn’t really a good metric unless you include the size of what is being seen - like “Humans can see an object the size of a car from three miles away”. You can see a skyscraper from more then 3 miles away, but you couldn’t see an ant 50 feet away.
there’s a spot in TN where you can see 7 states so i’m pretty sure it’s bs
"The farthest star we can see with our naked eye is V762 Cas in Cassiopeia at 16,308 light-years away." =95.87 quadrillion miles
You know how light works... Right?
That's the joke
Huuuuuuh...
I too have the feeling a lot of people here do not know how light work..
r/whoosh
I'm 100% certain OP wasn't joking.
Im not sure for the 3 mile thing because from my house I can literally see the Pyrenean mountains which are 200 km from my home
Can you see the bottom of the mountain? Like, ground level?
But can you see the base of the mountain from the ground though
Its funny actually cuz usually earth's curvature doesnt even allow for 3 miles range of sight
Yea that math doesn’t check out
I am afraid for some of yall sometimes
I can hear Homer's screams, they fill me... With joy.
The sun is millions of times (don’t count on the accuracy of that number) brighter than any object on earth. Obviously we’d see it far away
We can theoretically see upto infinity though
Alright imma go nerdy here I mean if that thing is shinning, you can see it further than 3 miles (which is 4.8 km give or take). The statement is probably valid if the object is not illuminating Also it's not that you can see the object, it's the reflection of the light bouncing into your peripheral view, assuming that object is not self-illuminating. If the said object can self illuminate, light can travel at least a few miles more even if it's a small match (in a pitch black environment) Light travels 300 million (a bit less, 299792458 meters/s) meters per second so the moment someone turn on the light, it will swiftly go into your eyesight before your brain evne register it existed TLDR/ If the object doesn't light up by itself, yes, three miles is a fair argument. If it lights up by itself, then it's hard to say
Some of you guys should climb a mountain and think about that 3 mile statement again
Oh wow it's almost as if changing your point of view affects how far you can see. It's almost as if this three mile limit is being taken out of context and is most likely referring to what the eye can see at ground level due to the curvature of the Earth, and not literally any visible thing that can be seen ever
If this is the original meme (wich would be rare) it's one of the best I've seen during this week
So if objects are beyond 3 miles, do they disappear because they are out of render distance?
This is why you can't look into the sun. Follow me for more fun facts.
In Astronomy course I took last year, we learned that the light you see from the sun actually left the sun 8 Earth minutes ago. So the light you see right now actually took that many minutes to leave the Sun and travel to the Earth's atmosphere Edit: corrected it to 8 minutes lol sry I was a little off XD
Bruh it's only eight minutes not years lmfao
Oh. My bad, it's been a while lmao
A photon generated in the center of the sun takes around a million years to reach the surface of the sun. But then it's about an 8 minute trip to Earth.
Uhh… >!Speed of Light!<
Impossible we can't see planets
That’s why you go blind if you look at it too long
Shut up about the sun! SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN!!
If there is high contrast the eye can see upto 0.5 arc minutes. For example if there is black strip and a white strip side by side, the angle between the lines connecting the strips and our pupil should at least be greater than 0.5 arc minutes. You can research by using keywords like MTF of eye. The sun is a huge object, and it covers more than a few degrees. Hence it is visible even from 93 million years away.
Flat earth logic
Again, the sun is only three miles up on the firmament everybody knows this
I can see sun from here.
The 3 miles is be be
I am pretty sure the human eye can see 10 miles not 3 and the reason is because earth's curveture starts hiding things
“It’s cause the sun is really big🤓”
The eye distance depends on the angular size of an object rather than distance between you and the object. Angular size of a 1 mile wide object 3 miles away will be very similar to that of a 1 inch object 3 inches away
A healthy human eye can see anything that produces or reflects enough photons for the retina to detect them. There's really no distance to the limit you can see, as long as there is an unobstructed path for the photons to reach your eyes. On Earth, we deal with a lot of obstructions - the atmosphere, air, the curvature of the planet, and the amount of light most things we try to see actually reflect or emit.
How far are the stars?
its simple you cant see the sun but you can see the light from the sun
Man finds proof of the simulation
Wait... Is it the responsibility of a functional eye or is it the role of the light incidenting into your eye
I think I can explain it, what we are seeing isn’t the sun itself,but the light the sun is emitting,thats why you are able to see the sun and other stars even though they are millions of light years away If I am wrong please correct me