@yhokz101 & tsunade
Yes, what the observers are "seeing" currently (in terms of radio/xray wavelengths, maybe even visible spectrum) is something which happened around 3,000 years ago. So right now, we don't even know the "current" state of this system, because the "current" light from that area hasn't reached us yet (will reach us 3,000 years from now).
-RODION