when telescopes look back at the start of the universe ( approx 13 billion years ) are we looking at ourselves ( or what would become the milkyway ) back then as well ?

Question

when telescopes look back at the start of the universe ( approx 13 billion years ) are we looking at ourselves ( or what would become the milkyway ) back then as well ?

In: Physics

Answer 1

Thankyou all for taking time to answer. I understand we can’t look back in time at ourselves, I guess the question should have been – we were we 13 billion years ago when we are seeing those distant objects.