Re:

["Paul Camp" <pjcamp@coastal.edu>]

> okay so it depends on whether we are talking about what we would see
> (have already seen) or about what we say it means (but you said
> "what is seen"). (I still think it would be mighty uncomfortable if
> what we actually observe is 3000K.  ;^)
>
> Dewey
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Dewey I. Dykstra, Jr.               


It WAS 3000K when it was emitted but has since been red shifted due 
to about 4000 megaparsecs or so of travel through an expanding 
geometry.

Of course, we all know that here in South Carolina (with the 
post-Fran humidity) it IS 3000 K.

> From the eye of the hurricane,



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