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Am I right in my understanding that we can consider our observation point as a stand still (centre-like), given that all galaxies are moving away from us. And that the relative distance from our observation point to stars in our own Galaxy are not influenced by the expansion?

I am not sure it this adds something worthwhile to this forum: but note that Babette herself: she was French, bringing in all the tasty stuff from "elsewhere/abroad" (into Danmark).

If I could swap my knowledge of Belgian and European peculiarities and. politics for 1% of yours on physics, I would be a very proud man.

Thx for your interest. It certainly can be confusing, fyi just in a nutshell: In Belgium the biggest part of the population (65%) lives in the North, this is Flanders. Here we speak Dutch = the same language as in The Netherlands, only the accent is different. (Accent difference is comparable...

I need help, for sure, no question about it.

I am a retired architect with a big interest in physics and cosmology. I am living in Flanders (Belgium) and stumbled into this forum via a link on Bloomberg News. My background is philosophycal and technical, I have no degree in physics but several grades in other disciplines. I firmly believe...

What puzzles me in this debate: where do we suppose that our Galaxy is in relation to where the Big Bang happened = is the BB where the centre is and are all galaxies moving away from that centre? Hence is a younger Galaxy closer to that (virtual) centre. Because if this is true, it makes a...