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Using parallax calculations, the Milky Way galaxy alone can be directly observed to have a diameter of approximately 80-100,000 light years. Calculations based on the observed brightness of supernovas of known energy output can determine the distance to more distant objects. The most distant object known is a star cluster approximately thirteen billion light-years away from Earth, observed by the Hubble telescope using gravitational lensing<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3490657.stm</ref>.
Using parallax calculations, the Milky Way galaxy alone can be directly observed to have a diameter of approximately 80-100,000 light years. Calculations based on the observed brightness of supernovas of known energy output can determine the distance to more distant objects. The most distant object known is a star cluster approximately thirteen billion light-years away from Earth, observed by the Hubble telescope using gravitational lensing<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3490657.stm</ref>.
Several solutions have been proposed by creationists to explain how a young universe may be reconciled with these observations.
Several solutions have been proposed by creationists to explain how a young universe may be reconciled with these observations.
==Starlight Problem for the Big Bang Theory==
The [[starlight problem]] is an argument against the [[Big Bang Theory]] which theorizes a universe of billions of years old. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v25/i4/lighttravel.asp</ref> The [[creation science]] organization [[Answers in Genesis]] has stated the following regarding the starlight problem for the Big Bang Theory and the work of [[Charles W. Misner]] is cited who published his work in ''[[Physical Review Letters]]'':
{{cquote|The problem is this: even assuming the big bang timescale, there has not been enough time for light to travel between widely separated regions of space. So, how can the different regions of the current [cosmic microwave background] CMB have such precisely uniform temperatures if they have never communicated with each other? This is a light-travel–time problem.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v25/i4/lighttravel.asp</ref>}}
== Young Earth Creationist Views Regarding Starlight ==
== Young Earth Creationist Views Regarding Starlight ==
In regards to the question of how one can see [[star|starlight]] from millions of light years away, [[Young Earth Creationism|young earth creation]] [[scientist]]s commonly mention several things. Some of these scientists assert that the [[Big Bang Theory]] has a star light-travel time problem and cite the work of Dr. Charles W. Misner.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v25/i4/lighttravel.asp</ref>
In regards to the question of how one can see [[star|starlight]] from millions of light years away, [[Young Earth Creationism|young earth creation]] [[scientist]]s commonly mention several things. Some of these scientists assert that the [[Big Bang Theory]] has a star light-travel time problem and cite the work of Dr. Charles W. Misner.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v25/i4/lighttravel.asp</ref>