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The Hubble Constant: Present Status

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Masataka Fukugita
Masataka Fukugita*
Affiliation:
Yukawa Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ08540, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The current status on the value of the Hubble constant is reviewed with the emphasis given to the origin of the discrepancy among authors. I argue that the situation is not too controversial and straightforward reading of observations indicates a high value (H0 ≃ 75 km s−1 Mpc−1).

Type
Chapter 2: The Hubble Constant & Time Delays
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 173: Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Lensing , 1996 , pp. 27 - 36
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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