Re: Most Distant Galaxy - What's wrong with this statement?
Posted by
Robert J. Cordingley on
Oct 25, 2013; 6:49pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Most-Distant-Galaxy-What-s-wrong-with-this-statement-tp7584094p7584113.html
Meanwhile, I still want to know what space-time was expanding
relative to!
Robert C
On 10/25/13 12:21 PM, Steve Smith
wrote:
1,799,884,800,000 f/f give or take, in a vacuum.
Robert C
Terran fortnight, Martian or registered with Betelgeuse 5? And in
*some STATES!* apparently there is in use an archaic measure for
the furlong which varies by .000002 % which I suppose is within
your precision and the "give or take"... I'm guessing the furlong
is still 10 chains, 220 yards but their chains or yards vary? The
wear on the end of the "chains" could account for more error than
that, not to mention manufacturing variation!
"The nice thing about standards is that we have so many to
choose from"
- Andy Tanenbaum, creator of Minix.
Andy is also known for:
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of
tapes hurtling down the highway."
But I think it needs to be updated to Minivan or 9 passenger SUV.
In the spirit of "will it blend?"
and "how much is a buttload?" I have to ask, what is the
speed of light in "furlongs per fortnight?"
- Steve
So it sounds like during the expansion phase a lightyear was
still a lightyear but growing bigger? If you were there how
would you tell? My platinum standard meter bar is now a
longer but still standard meter bar? Has time dilated as
well? If so what does the age of 13.5by mean? In what
dimensions could you measure these changes? [Confusion may
be an understatement.]
Robert C
On 10/24/13 10:12 PM, Roger
Critchlow wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_expansion_of_space:
"Because of the changing rate of expansion, it is
also possible for a distance to exceed the value
calculated by multiplying the speed of light by the
age of the universe. These details are a frequent
source of confusion among amateurs and even
professional physicists."
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