Relativity of length
Caught by surprise near a supernova, you race away from the explosion in your spaceship, hoping to outrun the high-speed material ejected towards you. Your Lorentz factor relative to the inertial reference frame of the local stars is To reach a safe distance, you figure you need to cover as measured in the reference frame of the local stars. Approximately how long does that trip take in your own reference frame?
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