# Voyager Has Left the Building, Er, Solar System

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 25, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyager-has-left-the-building-er-solar-system/305511 "2005-05-25T22:36:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyager-has-left-the-building-er-solar-system/305511/21 "2005-05-27T04:48:18Z")

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Is it still sending backwards glances (visual data from camera pointed at sun)? Or is it too underpowered to do that now?

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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyager-has-left-the-building-er-solar-system/305511/22 "2005-05-27T09:51:23Z")

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Yes, I’d love to get a picture of our solar system, as it is left behind. Is the probe still sending images? I’ll bet the receive time for a picture is pretty long, though.

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**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyager-has-left-the-building-er-solar-system/305511/23 "2005-05-27T10:07:40Z")

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You realize that a photo of the Solar System from the outside would show one star that’s kinda bright by virtue of being close, and then a whole lot of empty space lit up by more distant stars, right? It would certainly be mind-boggling, but I think it would be a letdown after all the gorgeous close-ups the Voyager probes have given us.

Godspeed, little Voyager.

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyager-has-left-the-building-er-solar-system/305511/24 "2005-05-27T10:28:57Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> I’m sure naked monkeys will be a big turn-on to the giant violet hermit crabs of Rigel IV.

Hell, if and when something finds it, they might just think that they were a couple of stylized letters from our written language, or something. :smack:

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