...so it figures, Zwicky just has to be 10 million light years further away...;)
Posted on 10/19/2007 7:30:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Astronomers had identified I Zwicky 18 as one of the youngest galaxies in the universe. But Hubble astronomers have discovered it is, in fact, much older and farther away from Earth than thought... Hubble has found fainter older red stars contained within the galaxy, suggesting its star formation started at least 1 billion years ago and possibly as much as 10 billion years ago... also suggests I Zwicky 18 is 59 million light-years from Earth, nearly 10 million light-years more distant than believed.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsdaily.com ...
Sometimes there’s just no reason to ping a list. And there’s never any point pinging Liszt, because he’s been dead for years.
I see I need to do some more reading....the Hubble constant isn’t....oh my!
...so it figures, Zwicky just has to be 10 million light years further away...;)
Does seem like a classic example of what Arp’s been writing for years. :’)
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