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hubble: Hubble Space Telescope Data

Description

Distances and velocities measured for 24 galaxies containing Cepheid stars to measure the Hubble constant.

Usage

hubble

Arguments

Format

24 obs. of 3 variables:

Galaxy

A label to identify the galaxy (a factor)

Velocity

Relative velocity in kilometers per second

Distance

Distance in Mega parsecs

References

Freedman et al. (2001) Final results from the Hubble space telescope key project to measure the Hubble constant. The Astrophysical Journal (553), 47-72. Wood, S.N. (2017) Generalized Additive Models: An Introduction with R. CRC