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By definition, one light year is the distance which light (electromagnetic wave) travels in vacuum during one (Earth's) year. This distance does not depend on a wavelength of the light. Also, it does not depend on a frame of reference.
The speed of light in vacuum is about 300,000 km/s and one year is about s. Therefore one light year is
km/s *
s ≈
km,
and 395 light years is about
km ≈
km.
There are about 8766 hours in a year. Our speed is supposed to be 142,000 km/h, which is the same as 142,000 * 8766 ≈ (km/year).
Now we divide the distance in kilometers by the speed in kilometers per year and obtain the time:
km /
km/year ≈
years.
This is the answer: about 30 millions years.
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