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Accurate measurement of distances to galaxies is very difficult; each plot below uses a different method. Velocity (in km/s) is accurately measured using the doppler shift. Distances are measured in Megaparsecs (Mpc). |
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Cepheid variable
distance measurements; Hubble's distance measurements have large errors.
Type II Supernova distance measurements of B.P. Schmidt, et. al., 1995 (taken from K&S).
Type Ia Supernova Data of A.G. Riess,
et. al., 1998
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