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Comments, criticism (constructive only), suggestions etc contact : cosmology@AbergavennyAS.org.uk<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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What’s the fuss over the Hubble Constant?           31st Jan, 2017<\/h4>\n

The quasar used for this estimation of the Hubble Constant was HE0435-1223.  Located in the centre of this wide-field image, it is among the five best lensed quasars discovered to date.  The foreground galaxy creates four almost evenly distributed images of the distant quasar around it.<\/p>\n

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Quasar used to determine the Hubble Constant 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As you can see from the table and graph, below, the Hubble Constant has been revised many times but, since the 1990\/80s has tended to around 70 km\/sec\/Mpc or so.  Difficult to know what triggered the mainstream press to pick it up.<\/p>\n

There were two things, however, that caught my eye:
\n1)   This latest estimate is based on a different methodology to the use of Cephid variables and the \u201cStandard candle\u201d of Type 1a supernova.  This suggests that these previous approaches are accurate and gives us more confidence is our distance measurements.<\/p>\n

2)  The Planck data from studying the Cosmic Microwave Background has given a significantly lower figure than the other measurements.  The CMB dates from around 13.5 BLyr ago and thus is a measurement from the very early universe. 
\nTo quote from the ScienceDaily article \u201c<\/em>While the value for the Hubble constant determined by Planck fits with our current understanding of the cosmos, the values obtained by the different groups of astronomers for the local Universe are in disagreement with our accepted theoretical model of the Universe<\/em>\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So, watch this space.<\/p>\n

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Some examples of the press coverage are :-
\nThe Guardian<\/a>  :  Speedy universe expansion challenges Einstein\u2019s theory<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daily Mail<\/a>  :  The universe is expanding FASTER than expected – and astronomers say something \u2018beyond our current knowledge\u2019 is causing it<\/strong><\/p>\n

The i<\/a>  :  Hubble\u2019s not-so constant: universe is growing faster than expected.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sun<\/a>  :  THIS IS HOW IT ENDS<\/strong> – Hubble Telescope discovery PROVES our universe is facing a \u2018cold, dark\u2019 apocalypse, astronomers say<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Comments, criticism (constructive only), suggestions etc contact : cosmology@AbergavennyAS.org.uk What’s the fuss over the Hubble Constant?           31st Jan, 2017 The quasar used for this estimation of the Hubble Constant was HE0435-1223.  Located in the centre of this wide-field image, it is among the five best lensed quasars discovered to date.  The foreground galaxy creates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":200,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2019","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/abergavennyas.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/abergavennyas.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/abergavennyas.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/abergavennyas.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/abergavennyas.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/abergavennyas.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2025,"href":"http:\/\/abergavennyas.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2019\/revisions\/2025"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/abergavennyas.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/abergavennyas.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}