George edited The_Virgo_cluster_is_so__.tex  about 8 years ago

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What distance do you get? Current best estimates lie in the range 35 --- 80  Mpc, but don't worry if your answer is outside this, it is a very difficult  measurement (I got 30 Mpc when I tried it). measurement.  Each student in the group should do their own measurements and you should compare the   results of each group member.  How might you go about improving your estimate?  By far the worst feature of this calculation is the assumption that these