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The Extragalactic Distance Scale and the Hubble Constant

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Abstract

It is not easy to measure distance to galaxies. That we even try is as musch a measure of our audacity as it is an indication of our ingenuity. But we do try, and we feel that we must try, because so many of our grandest questions and most basic problems about the universe depend on our knowledge of its size and scale.

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Hodge, P.W. et al. (1983). The Extragalactic Distance Scale and the Hubble Constant. In: West, R.M. (eds) Highlights of Astronomy. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7110-3_7

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