Re: Fully formed 8-11 billion year old galaxies observed.

From: BllFs6 (bllfs6_at_aol.com)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: 08 Jul 2004 15:09:58 GMT

>No, it doesn't, actually--check the last paragraph of Sam's cite, which
>I retained. The expansion of the universe, as measured by the speed at
>which two particular objects are separating from one another, is not
>limited by the speed of light. The universe therefore does not have to
>be 32 billion years old in order for two objects to be 32 billion
>light-years apart.
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>Brian Tung <brian@isi.edu>
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>No, it doesn't, actually--check the last paragraph of Sam's cite, which
>I retained. The expansion of the universe, as measured by the speed at
>which two particular objects are separating from one another, is not
>limited by the speed of light. The universe therefore does not have to
>be 32 billion years old in order for two objects to be 32 billion
>light-years apart.
>
>Brian Tung <brian@isi.edu>
>The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
> Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
> The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
> My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt
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But of course you would have to be some god like observer "outside" of "our
universe" to actually "see"(or heck even physically measure) that the galaxy
is now 32 BLY from us in distance....

take care

Blll

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