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factors out the expansion of the universe, which gives a distance that does not change in time due to the expansion of space (though this may change due to other, local factors, such as the motion of a galaxy within a cluster); the comoving distance is the proper distance at the present time.
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for distant objects in that direction by a factor of about 1.0012 and increases it by the same factor for distant objects in the opposite direction. (The speed of the motion of the Earth around the Sun is only 30 km/s.)
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A comparison of cosmological distance measures, from redshift zero to redshift of 10,000, corresponding to the epoch of matter/radiation equality. The background cosmology is Hubble parameter 72 km/s/Mpc,
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There are actually two notions of redshift. One is the redshift that would be observed if both the Earth and the object were not moving with respect to the "comoving" surroundings (the
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The Etherington's distance-duality equation is the relationship between the luminosity distance of standard candles and the angular-diameter distance. It is expressed as follows:
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The comoving distance (with a small correction for our own motion) is the distance that would be obtained from parallax, because the parallax in degrees equals the ratio of an
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in this distance measure becomes the age of the universe multiplied by the speed of light (1 light year/year), which turns out to be approximately 13.8 billion light years.
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are used to denote both the comoving and the angular diameter distance. Sometimes, the light-travel distance is also called the "lookback distance" and/or "lookback time".
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are two closely related distance measures used by cosmologists to measure distances between objects; the comoving distance is the proper distance at the present time.
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Peebles calls the transverse comoving distance the "angular size distance", which is not to be mistaken for the angular diameter distance. Occasionally, the symbols
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is the component of the object's peculiar velocity away from us. In this way, the luminosity distance will be equal to the angular diameter distance multiplied by
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should be corrected for the motion of the solar system by a factor between 0.99867 and 1.00133, depending on the direction. (If one starts to move with velocity
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Together with the scale factor it gives the proper distance of the object when the light we see now was emitted by the it, and set off on its journey to us:
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to the circumference of a circle at the present time going through the sun and centred on the distant object, multiplied by 360°. However, objects beyond a
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A comparison of cosmological distance measures, from redshift zero to redshift of 0.5. The background cosmology is Hubble parameter 72 km/s/Mpc,
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calculates the different distance measures as a function of cosmological model and redshift, and generates plots for the model from redshift 0 to 20.
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We first give formulas for several distance measures, and then describe them in more detail further down. Defining the "Hubble distance" as
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I.M.H. Etherington, “LX. On the Definition of Distance in General Relativity”, Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 15, S. 7 (1933), pp. 761-773.
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Light travel distance was calculated from redshift value using the UCLA Cosmological Calculator, with parameters values as of 2018: H
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Light travel distance was calculated from redshift value using the UCLA Cosmological Calculator, with parameters values as of 2015: H
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should use the measured redshift, and another correction should be made for the peculiar velocity of the object by multiplying by
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measures the parallax of the brightest stars with a precision of 7 microarcseconds), so the parallax of galaxies outside our
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When accounting for the earth's peculiar velocity, the redshift that would pertain in that case should be used for
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When accounting for the earth's peculiar velocity, the redshift that would pertain in that case should be used but
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explains in detail how to calculate the different distance measures as a function of world model and redshift.
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In accord with our present understanding of cosmology, these measures are calculated within the context of
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The formula for comoving distance, which serves as the basis for most of the other formulas, involves an
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Note that the comoving distance is recovered from the transverse comoving distance by taking the limit
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of the quasar, galaxy, etc.). The distance measures discussed here all reduce to the common notion of
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towards an object, at any distance, the angular diameter of that object decreases by a factor of
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Proper distance roughly corresponds to where a distant object would be at a specific moment of
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of a distant object is known, we can calculate its luminosity distance by measuring the flux
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is the time that it took light to reach the observer from the object multiplied by the
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are normalized values of the present radiation energy density, matter density, and "
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There are a few different definitions of "distance" in cosmology which are all
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between fundamental observers, i.e. observers that are both moving with the
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that would pertain if neither the object nor we had a peculiar velocity.
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There are websites for calculating light-travel distance from redshift.
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Definitions for distance between two objects or events in the universe
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In real observations, the movement of the Earth with respect to the
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of the object observed and on their peculiar velocity. Since the
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observable, but is more convenient for calculations (such as the
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There is a closed-form solution of the light-travel distance if
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for the integral in the definition of the comoving distance if
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The comoving distance should be calculated using the value of
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made use of galaxies up to a redshift of a bit over 0.003 (
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is moving at around 370 km/s in a direction between
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David W. Hogg (2000). "Distance measures in cosmology".
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is assumed to be negligible unless specified otherwise.
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iCosmos: Cosmology Calculator (With Graph Generation )
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if the cosmological constant has the other sign). If
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density", respectively (the latter representing the
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2868:{\displaystyle 1+z} 2191: 1594: 1102:Friedmann equations 396:Structure formation 288:Friedmann equations 178:Age of the universe 142:Part of a series on 5241:Physical cosmology 4983:astro-ph/9905116v4 4894:Physical cosmology 4839: 4764: 4702: 4682: 4654: 4612: 4577: 4538: 4502: 4452: 4430: 4405: 4348: 4236: 4190: 4115: 4083: 4054:type Ia supernovae 4038: 4002: 3942: 3922: 3885: 3806: 3768: 3715: 3692: 3672: 3662:An object of size 3638: 3611: 3569: 3546: 3498: 3453: 3408: 3376: 3216: 3190: 3141: 3095: 3062: 3022: 3002: 2930:standard cosmology 2907: 2865: 2741: 2721: 2638: 2626: 2599: 2532: 2482: 2452: 2432: 2405: 2338: 2288: 2248: 2177: 2124: 2047: 1968: 1963: 1631: 1580: 1540:Comoving distance: 1525: 1490: 1432: 1352: 1325: 1280: 1083: 1042: 1011: 991: 874: 822: 790:general relativity 739:physical cosmology 435:Dark Energy Survey 379:Large quasar group 148:Physical cosmology 69:"Distance measure" 5200:Modern Cosmology. 5173:=0.315, and Omega 4962:978-0-691-01933-8 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5041: 5039: 5022: 5016: 5015: 5013: 5011: 4994: 4988: 4987: 4985: 4973: 4967: 4966: 4938: 4928: 4868: 4863: 4862: 4861: 4848: 4846: 4845: 4840: 4838: 4837: 4828: 4827: 4803: 4802: 4773: 4771: 4770: 4765: 4757: 4743: 4742: 4711: 4709: 4708: 4703: 4691: 4689: 4688: 4683: 4678: 4664: 4663: 4653: 4621: 4619: 4618: 4613: 4605: 4604: 4586: 4584: 4583: 4578: 4570: 4569: 4547: 4545: 4544: 4539: 4528: 4527: 4511: 4509: 4508: 4503: 4495: 4494: 4482: 4481: 4461: 4459: 4458: 4453: 4451: 4448: 4439: 4437: 4436: 4431: 4429: 4426: 4414: 4412: 4411: 4406: 4398: 4397: 4385: 4384: 4357: 4355: 4354: 4349: 4347: 4346: 4320:(also known as " 4313: 4306: 4302: 4299: 4293: 4270: 4262: 4249: 4245: 4243: 4242: 4237: 4232: 4231: 4203: 4199: 4197: 4196: 4191: 4186: 4178: 4161: 4150: 4133: 4124: 4122: 4121: 4116: 4092: 4090: 4089: 4084: 4079: 4078: 4050:standard candles 4047: 4045: 4044: 4039: 4028: 4027: 4011: 4009: 4008: 4003: 4001: 3990: 3982: 3968: 3967: 3951: 3949: 3948: 3943: 3931: 3929: 3928: 3923: 3894: 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1532: 1531: 1526: 1499: 1497: 1496: 1491: 1477: 1476: 1444:Hubble parameter 1441: 1439: 1438: 1433: 1431: 1430: 1418: 1417: 1405: 1404: 1386: 1385: 1361: 1359: 1358: 1353: 1351: 1350: 1334: 1332: 1331: 1326: 1321: 1320: 1308: 1307: 1289: 1287: 1286: 1281: 1279: 1277: 1276: 1264: 1263: 1242: 1241: 1229: 1228: 1207: 1206: 1194: 1193: 1172: 1171: 1162: 1157: 1155: 1154: 1145: 1131: 1096: 1092: 1090: 1089: 1084: 1082: 1081: 1055: 1051: 1049: 1048: 1043: 1041: 1040: 1020: 1018: 1017: 1012: 1000: 998: 997: 992: 990: 987: 985: 984: 972: 971: 953: 950: 948: 947: 929: 927: 926: 914: 909: 908: 883: 881: 880: 875: 855: 831: 829: 828: 823: 724: 717: 710: 694: 693: 692: 681: 680: 374:Galaxy formation 334:Lambda-CDM model 323: 315:Components  197: 158: 139: 125: 118: 114: 111: 105: 103: 62: 38: 30: 21: 5266: 5265: 5261: 5260: 5259: 5257: 5256: 5255: 5231: 5230: 5209: 5195: 5194: 5189: 5185: 5176: 5172: 5168: 5158: 5156: 5147: 5146: 5142: 5133: 5130:=67.4 and Omega 5129: 5119: 5117: 5106: 5105: 5101: 5092: 5089:=67.4 and Omega 5088: 5078: 5076: 5065: 5064: 5060: 5051: 5047: 5037: 5035: 5024: 5023: 5019: 5009: 5007: 4996: 4995: 4991: 4975: 4974: 4970: 4963: 4930: 4929: 4922: 4917: 4909:Subatomic scale 4864: 4859: 4857: 4854: 4829: 4819: 4794: 4789: 4788: 4785: 4779: 4734: 4714: 4713: 4694: 4693: 4655: 4634: 4633: 4596: 4591: 4590: 4561: 4550: 4549: 4519: 4514: 4513: 4486: 4473: 4468: 4467: 4442: 4441: 4420: 4419: 4389: 4376: 4371: 4370: 4338: 4333: 4332: 4314: 4303: 4297: 4294: 4283: 4271: 4260: 4247: 4223: 4206: 4205: 4201: 4127: 4126: 4095: 4094: 4093:but the factor 4070: 4065: 4064: 4019: 4014: 4013: 3959: 3954: 3953: 3934: 3933: 3914: 3913: 3907: 3901: 3822: 3821: 3817: 3796: 3791: 3790: 3780:standard rulers 3732: 3727: 3726: 3704: 3703: 3684: 3683: 3664: 3663: 3660: 3654: 3628: 3623: 3622: 3592: 3581: 3580: 3558: 3557: 3538: 3537: 3534: 3513: 3511:Proper distance 3488: 3474: 3473: 3466: 3434: 3425: 3388: 3387: 3352: 3342: 3327: 3294: 3284: 3269: 3180: 3158: 3153: 3152: 3125: 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