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Old 20-09-2008, 01:55 PM
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Re: Hubble's constant

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Originally Posted by Duke of York View Post
From what you have said (and I may have gotten the wrong end of the stick here ) you have been given a velocity v (which I assume if the recessional velocity) and the distance to the galaxy D, therefore from the equation

v = Ho x D

you have v and D therefore you should be able to work out Ho (Hubble's constant) from Ho = v/D

Though I am a bit confused as to why there are 2 figures missing
thanks a lot!!! I think I get it now
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