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How far can the worlds biggest telescope see out to in outer pace

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HI Paul

As far as light can travel.  With a long exposure camera, they can see billions of light years into space.  

And your naked eye, under dark skies, can also see a very long way.  It can certainly see the Andromeda Galaxy, which is a couple of million light years away.

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Astronomy and telescope making. Have made at least seven telescopes, both refractors and reflectors, and have spent 30 years looking at the nighttime sky.

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