•Q3.
The Ring Nebula has an angular diameter of 72 arcsec, and we
estimate it is 5000 light years away. What is its linear diameter?
–Linear
diameter = 5000 ly x 72/206265
–Linear
diameter = 1.7 light years
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•An
aside. Exansion rate is 15 km/s,
so the age is approximately 34,000 years old.