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If it is large, then the Universe is expanding rapidly.
We are going to use the distance we measured to the Hydra I cluster to estimate $H_0$.
We have already measured the distance $d$ to Hydra I.
Now we We also need the
recessional velocity
at which it is rushing away from us $v$.
This is measured using the Doppler effect.
The gas in most Hydra I galaxies emits emission-lines
of Oxygen, Hydrogen and other elements.
With The wavelength of these lines can be measured extremely precisely in a lab,
and by measuring their Doppler-shifted wavelengths with a spectrometer on a telescope,
we can
measure obtain the velocity $v$ using the formula
\begin{equation}
\frac{v}{c} = \frac{\Delta \lambda}{\lambda}\, ,
\end{equation}
where $c = 2.998 \times 10^5$ km/s, $\Delta \lambda$ is the Doppler shift
in these lines, and
hence $\lambda$ is
rest wavelength of the
velocity $v$. emission line.
These velocities are listed in Table \ref{tab:hydragalvecolity}, for several of the brightest
galaxies in Hydra I.