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Possible local variation of the Hubble constant in van den Bergh's calibration of Sc-type galaxies

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IN an important series of papers for the determination of the Hubble constant, Sandage and Tammann1–6 have concluded that the Universe is expanding in a remarkably uniform and isotropic way, with Hubble constant (H) 55±5 km s−1 Mpc−1. If true, this result is evidently crucial for all future cosmological models. As a consequence it should be tested and analysed in all possible ways. Their low H value is evidently based on their recalibration of the absolute magnitudes of the various luminosity classes of Sc-type galaxies based on two samples of nearby, and one sample of distant galaxies (Tables 3 and 4, ref. 5, and the Table, ref. 6).

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  1. Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, France

    G. LE DENMAT, M. MOLES & J. P. VIGIER

  2. Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris, France

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DENMAT, G., MOLES, M., VIGIER, J. et al. Possible local variation of the Hubble constant in van den Bergh's calibration of Sc-type galaxies. Nature 257, 773–774 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/257773a0

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