Astrophysics (Index)About

cosmological distance

(appreciable distance across the universe)

The term cosmological distance generally means a distance covering a substantial part of the observable universe, such as a gigaparsec or more. The term suggests sufficient distance that there are differences in the universe (e.g., regarding star formation and galaxy formation), that observing over the distance is affected by redshift and cosmological time dilation, and potentially by curvature and a varying Hubble parameter, and limits the usable methods for studying astronomical objects such as galaxies.


The specific term cosmological distance ladder refers to the combination of distance measurement techniques used to measure cosmological distances.


(cosmology,distance)
Further reading:
https://in-the-sky.org/article.php?term=cosmological_distance
https://dictionary.obspm.fr/index.php?showAll=1&formSearchTextfield=cosmological+distance

Referenced by pages:
Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI)
astrophysical neutrino
baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO)
cosmic background radiation (CBR)
cosmic distance ladder
cosmological time dilation
cosmology
damped Lyman alpha absorber (DLA)
dispersion measure (DM)
distance modulus (μ)
dusty galaxy
emission line
infrared (IR)
Institut de radioastronomie millimétrique (IRAM)
ionized carbon fine structure line ([CII])
luminosity distance (dL)
Lyman alpha (Ly-α)
radio source counts
redshift-magnitude relation
supernova survey
time dilation
X-ray

Index