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TLDR; 4e22 photons per second 2.6e22 per bit.

For comparison, ~2e26 photons will be received through your iris in your life



That's how many are sent by Voyager. Only about 1500 or 400 photons per bit are actually received by the radio dish (depending on which frequency is being used).


Maybe OP sends photons from their eyes in addition to receiving them


How many of them come from Voyager 1?


Someone’s asking the hard questions! According to the oracle, 1 in 4 people will experience one photon from voyager in their lifetime.


Does this number account for all photons or just those in the rather narrow optical band?

Then again RF photons just don't fit through the pupils and will get backscattered, i guess.




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