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this decision in your notes). Otherwise, average the two numbers. It is
always worth measuring anything two ways to have a check.
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The A recent measurement (http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702510) puts the distance to
the Virgo
is controversial, but most current estimates are
around 15 cluster as $16.5 \pm 0.1$ Mpc.
Use this, plus the ratios measured above, to find the distance to Hydra I.
\end{enumerate}
How does this answer compare with the earlier one? If they are different,
what is this telling us about the relative sizes of galaxies in Hydra I
and our galaxy?
It could be that our distance to Virgo is wrong, as this
number is highly
controversial. Now that the Hubble Space Telescope has been fixed, an
international team (including several Australians) has been using it to
spot individual stars in Virgo galaxies, which will enable them to measure
the distance to Virgo accurately at last \ -- \ expect results in a year
or so.
\subsection{Hubble's Constant}