最近在看一本天文的原版科普读物,其中有关红移值的内容有这样一句话:
The most distant galaxies known have z = 7 – 9, corresponding to around 80% of the universe.
前半句的意思很好理解,可以后半所对应的是什么位置呢?感觉这样说不等于认为地球是宇宙的中心了吗?
有这样一句话:Redhifts, so defined, are used as shorthand for the distance to an astronomical object. For a galaxy with z = 1 for example, we observe its light at twice the wavelength at which it was emitted. Such an object would be about half way across the universe.
我觉得80%和这个half way,都是说的距离吧。