| − | After astronomers decided that the universe might be expanding they introduced the '''Hubble constant''' as the measure of speed of this hypotetical expansion as a ratio of assumed recession velocity of galaxies to their distance. The '''Hubble constant''' equals approximately | + | After astronomers decided that the universe might be expanding they introduced the '''Hubble constant''' as the measure of speed of this hypotetical expansion as a ratio of assumed recession velocity of galaxies to their distance. The '''Hubble constant''' equals approximately, for <math>v<<c</math> |