Galaxy Virgo Ursa Minor Corona Borealis Bootes Distance 15

Last updated: 3/1/2023

Galaxy Virgo Ursa Minor Corona Borealis Bootes Distance 15 200 290 520 Velocity 1600 15 000 24 000 40 000 Data from Acker A and C Jaschek Astronomical Methods and Calculations John Wiley and Sons Karttunen H editor Fundamental Astronomy Springer Verlag The table lists the distances in megaparsecs 1 megaparsec 3 085 x 1024 cm and 1 megaparsec 3 26 million light years and velocities in kilometers per second of four galaxies moving rapidly away from Earth a Does there appear to be a relationship or trend for the data b Find a linear equation in the form y mx that models these data using the points 520 40000 and 0 0 c The galaxy Hydra has a velocity of 60000 km per second How far away to the nearest megaparsec i the galaxy according to the model in part b d The value of m is the Hubble Constant The Hubble Constant can be used to estimate the age of the universe A in years using the formula A 9 5x10 Approximate A using the value of m Round to t nearest hundredth of a billion years