Astronomy Magazine's lastest slip up

On page 21, article "Binocular Telescope snaps first image"

First sentence:

And the lucky galaxy is ... NGC 2770, a spiral star city some 102 light years away ... 8O

102 light years away would put it in our galaxy wouldn't it? I checked and found a reference on the Internet that places it 81 million light years away. It would help if the editors of Astronomy Magazine actually knew a little astronomy.

It was apparently just a typographical error -- they dropped the word "million." Although other sources don't indicate that NGC2770 is 102 million light years away, this is its distance according to http://io9.com/tag/ngc-2770/ I suspect "Astronomy's" authors and editors know astronomy well enough, but their proofreaders -- assuming they have any -- may not.

Terry Haimann said:

On page 21, article "Binocular Telescope snaps first image"

First sentence:

And the lucky galaxy is ... NGC 2770, a spiral star city some 102 light years away ... 8O

102 light years away would put it in our galaxy wouldn't it? I checked and found a reference on the Internet that places it 81 million light years away. It would help if the editors of Astronomy Magazine actually knew a little astronomy.

Which means they are only human. Like you and me. They make mistakes, though the folks there know a considerable amount about astronomy.

It must be a slow news day!!