# From the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences # Volume 15 : March 15, 1929 : Number 3 # # A RELATION BETWEEN DISTANCE AND RADIAL VELOCITY # AMONG EXTRA-GALACTIC NEBULAE # # By Edwin Hubble # # NEBULAE WHOSE DISTANCES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED FROM STARS # INVOLVED OR FROM MEAN LUMINOSITIES IN A CLUSTER # # # object ms r v mt Mt # S__Mag_ __ 0.032 +170 1.5 -16.0 L__Mag_ __ 0.034 +290 0.5 17.2 N_G_C_6822 __ 0.214 -130 9.0 12.7 598 __ 0.263 -70 7.0 15.1 221 __ 0.275 -185 8.8 13.4 224 __ 0.275 -220 5.0 17.2 5457 17.0 0.45 +200 9.9 13.3 4736 17.3 0.5 +290 8.4 15.1 5194 17.3 0.5 +270 7.4 16.1 4449 17.8 0.63 +200 9.5 14.5 4214 18.3 0.8 +300 11.3 13.2 3031 18.5 0.9 -30 8.3 16.4 3627 18.5 0.9 +650 9.1 15.7 4826 18.5 0.9 +150 9.0 15.7 5236 18.5 0.9 +500 10.4 14.4 1068 18.7 1.0 +920 9.1 15.9 5055 19.0 1.1 +450 9.6 15.6 7331 19.0 1.1 +500 10.4 14.8 4258 19.5 1.4 +500 8.7 17.0 4151 20.0 1.7 +960 12.0 14.2 4382 .. 2.0 +500 10.0 16.5 4472 .. 2.0 +850 8.8 17.7 4486 .. 2.0 +800 9.7 16.8 4649 .. 2.0 +1090 9.5 17.0 # ------ # Mean -15.5 # # ms = photographic magnitude of brightest stars involved # r = distance in units of 106 parsecs. # The first two are Shapley's values. # v = measured velocities in km./sec. # N. G. C. 6822, 221, 224 and 5457 are recent determinations # by Humason. # mt = Holetschek's visual magnitude as corrected by Hopmann. # The first three objects were not measured by Holetschek, # and the values of mt represent estimates by the author # based upon such data as are available. # Mt = total visual absolute magnitude computed from mt and r. #