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A New Estlmate of the Hubble Constant Using the Virgo Cluster Distance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

N. Visvanathan
N. Visvanathan*
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, ANU
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Abstract

A new distance modulus (31.23) to the Virgo cluster is derived using the distances to nearby galaxies given by Sandage and Tammann, de Vaucouleurs, ourselves and DDO observers. This when combined with the undisturbed mean Virgo cluster velocity 1182 km s-1, gives a value for the global Hubble constant as 67 ±4 km s-1Mpc-1.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , 1985 , pp. 140 - 144
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1985

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