Review Conceptual Example 3 for information pertinent to this problem. When we look at a particular star, we are seeing it as it was 522 years ago. How far away from us (in meters) is the star? Take a year to be 365.25 days. Number a Units V Two astronauts are 2.00 m apart in their spaceship. One speaks to the other. The conversation is transmitted to earth via electromagnetic waves. The time it takes for sound waves to travel at 343 m/s through the air between the astronauts equals the time it takes for the electromagnetic waves to travel to the earth. How far away from the earth is the spaceship? Number n Units v