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The CMB is not isotropic; we're moving at about 600 km/s relative to it: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010128.html

Hi notknowing, Blue stars contribute much of a galaxy's light; a galaxy that's recently gone through a burst of star formation will appear disproportionately bright in blue wavelengths while its rotation speed will remain unchanged. Consequently, data points (i.e. galaxies) in a plot of...

Hi everybody :biggrin: silverthorne, I think your approach to part (i) makes sense. However, double-check your c_n calculations - I got different values using your formula: c_{1}=\frac{4\sqrt{2}}{3\pi}, c_{2}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}, c_{3}=\frac{4\sqrt{2}}{5\pi}...