But at least Exxon provides a service, manipulates the world governments to a far lesser degree, and doesn't take a complete shit on science itself.
Like that time Exxon tried to argue that lead additives in gasoline were not at all harmful and that the research showing the dangers of lead were simply the results of scientists with an agenda? Yes, clearly Exxon's track record is spotless.
Hubble's constant is a measure of how the expansion velocity (in units of kilometers per second) of the universe changes with an object's distance from us (in units of megaparsecs), yielding units of km/s/Mpc. It is improper to simply cancel the distance units which would leave you with units of frequency (i.e., inverse seconds).
Another example in astronomy is the unit given to monochromatic flux, which typically has units of Joules/meter^2/second/Hertz. Note that the unit has both seconds and Hertz. Now, one may naively simply cancel Hertz and seconds, leaving the unit as Joules/meter^2, but this is wrong. Monochromatic flux measures the energy (in Joules) passing through an area (in square meters) in a given time interval (in seconds) of light of a specific frequency (in Hertz). Seconds and Hertz are measuring different quantities and cannot be cancelled when dealing with monochromatic flux.
The actual cost is closer to $15,000 an hour, given the telescope cost over $700 million and is designed to operate for 5 years before it runs out of coolant. Elliot Spitzer's hobby is cheaper...
There are so many things wrong with this post it is hard to know where to start...
1.) Quasars are found in both spiral and ellipical galaxies, so not all of them are "connected to or being ejected from spiral galaxies."
2.) The mainstream theories that you put down so quickly have been built upon research that took place in the 40 or so years since Arp made his claims. Since then astronomers have found (among other things) that the redshifts of the quasar host galaxies are completely consistant with the redshifts of the quasar. This means that quasars are not being ejected, as Arp (and you) claim.
3.) Please provide a direct link to the claim that "more recent statistics demonstrate that Arp is probably right."
But the fact that there is any debate at all on it is rather silly. I agree with this statement. In the past four decades observations have provided overwhelming evidence that the redshifts of quasars are cosmological, not due to any type of velocity redshift due to ejection from a galaxy. Unfortunately, armchair astronomers continue to spread long discredited theories as the truth.
People can observe the images that Arp discusses and decide for themselves whether or not he is right. The real question is whether or not you believe somebody's math over your own eyes. No, the real question is whether you believe the peer-reviewed work of thousands of Ph.D. wielding astronomers over the past four decades over your own eyes. Arp's theory was interesting at the time, it made predictions that could be tested, and it was found to be incorrect.
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But at least Exxon provides a service, manipulates the world governments to a far lesser degree, and doesn't take a complete shit on science itself.
Like that time Exxon tried to argue that lead additives in gasoline were not at all harmful and that the research showing the dangers of lead were simply the results of scientists with an agenda? Yes, clearly Exxon's track record is spotless.
The observable universe is about 93 light years across
So you're one of those reeeally young earth creationists...
Hubble's constant is a measure of how the expansion velocity (in units of kilometers per second) of the universe changes with an object's distance from us (in units of megaparsecs), yielding units of km/s/Mpc. It is improper to simply cancel the distance units which would leave you with units of frequency (i.e., inverse seconds).
Another example in astronomy is the unit given to monochromatic flux, which typically has units of Joules/meter^2/second/Hertz. Note that the unit has both seconds and Hertz. Now, one may naively simply cancel Hertz and seconds, leaving the unit as Joules/meter^2, but this is wrong. Monochromatic flux measures the energy (in Joules) passing through an area (in square meters) in a given time interval (in seconds) of light of a specific frequency (in Hertz). Seconds and Hertz are measuring different quantities and cannot be cancelled when dealing with monochromatic flux.
The actual cost is closer to $15,000 an hour, given the telescope cost over $700 million and is designed to operate for 5 years before it runs out of coolant. Elliot Spitzer's hobby is cheaper...